Empowerment in Health and Social Care SH4003 Week 10 Dr Alya Khan   Empowerment The term ‘empowerment’ is nowadays familiar & frequently used in health & social care It’s used across relevant disciplines: sociology, psychology, politics, health promotion, public administration (Barnes & Bowl, 2001) It’s applied to diverse groups of people: women, ethnic minorities, gay communities, nurses, students, older adults, etc Some claim that it’s so overused; it has become meaningless (Marland & Marland, 2000) How should the concept of ‘empowerment’ be understood? It has mainly been interpreted in 2 different ways:   Collectivist social action Individualistic consumerism   History: Read More …