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Community capacity building can be broadly defined as the “increase in community group’s” abilities to define, assess, analyze, and act on health (or any other) concerns of importance to their members (Labonte & Laverack, 2001a, p. 114). Community capacity building is also viewed as (Goodman et al., 1998) a process that increases the assets and attributes that a community is able to draw upon. Community capacity building is not specific to a particular locality, nor of the individuals or groups within it, but of the interactions between both. Interest in community capacity building as a strategy for sustainable skills, resources, and commitments in various settings has developed because of the requirement to prolong project gains (Gibbon, Labonte, & Laverack, 2002). These qualities exist in relation to specific people and groups, specific issues and concerns, and specific activities or projects. Community...
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Laverack, G. (2014). Community Capacity Building. In: Michalos, A.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_456
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