Using community arts events to enhance collective efficacy and community engagement to address depression in an African American community

B. Chung, L. Jones, A. Jones, C.E. Corbett, T. Booker, K.B. Wells and B. Collins

American Journal of Public Health, 2009, vol. 99, issue 2, 237-244

Abstract: Objectives. We used community-partnered participatory research (CPPR) to measure collective efficacy and its role as a precursor of community engagement to improve depression care in the African American community of South Los Angeles. Methods. We collected survey data from participants at arts events sponsored by a CPPR workgroup. Both exploratory (photography exhibit; n=747) and confirmatory (spoken word presentations; n=104) structural equation models were developed to examine how knowledge and attitudes toward depression influenced community engagement. Results. In all models, collective efficacy to improve depression care independently predicted community engagement in terms of addressing depression (B=0.64-0.97; P

Date: 2009
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