Community as a cure - the stunning power of groups in health and wellbeing

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Community as a cure? We often think of healthcare being a relationship between a clinician and a patient but amazing things can occur through the power of community and using it as sociological therapy. I look at why groups can be so powerful and how you might run one.

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Stanley Schachter’s work - an article: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2009/2/16/the-tribe-mentality.html

An example of healthy living delivered in groups, initially churches: https://www.danielplan.com/#

Group consultations - Dr Rupa Joshi: https://painconcern.org.uk/empowering-patients/

Shape Up: https://www.watfordfccsetrust.com/project/shape-up/

Nushu: https://nushu.com/group

Communities in health - people as a valuable commodity: https://www.health.org.uk/publications/at-the-heart-of-health-realising-the-value-of-people-and-communities#:~:text=Mental and physical health and,community capacity and resilience%2C among

Rural groups in India: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9207712/

Thalassemia awareness (charity): https://ukts.org/

Children’s Heart Disease Awareness: https://chfed.org.uk/

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