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Asset mapping is a participatory methodology that engages community members in identifying services and settings that promote health and well‐being. This study aimed to identify community assets from the perspective of Latinx immigrant families with youth with disabilities. Latinx immigrant families (n = 21) participated in the mapping, followed by a reflection session and an open forum (n = 30). The findings revealed that families identified faith‐based organizations and social service agencies as some of the main assets in their communities, while they identified mental health services as the most needed. The results also showed that participants preferred to utilize services and resources that are within walking distance of their homes, provide safe spaces, treat them well, offer bilingual services, do not require documentation, and are affordable. This study has important implications for community scholars and practitioners interested in implementing asset‐based methodologies that focus on participants as experts of their own realities and agents of change and that promote advocacy and empowerment actions. Highlights: Churches provide Latinx families with formal and informal services.Latinx immigrant families identifed the need for mental health services.Latinx families identifed services provided in Spanish as assets.Some community settings like local parks received mixed reviews from immigrant families. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Community‐based participatory research (CBPR) approaches to promoting justice focus on working from the ground up and giving a voice to marginalized communities regarding their concerns, potential solutions, and how to address social justice issues that matter to them. The pursuit of justice is often related to efforts to attain personal as well as collective well‐being. In this paper, we illustrate three exemplars of community psychologists' efforts to promote justice. Within each case study, we discuss the social and community context and examine how the researchers built partnerships and solidarity, developed ways of doing, and approached challenges and solutions. First, we present an example to promote economic justice through an entrepreneurship initiative developed in collaboration with young Black youth with disabilities in the United States. The second case illustrates an effort to promote reproductive justice in collaboration with Roma women and girls in Spain. The third exemplar depicts the use of life stories as a method to raise the voices of displaced, marginalized indigenous women in Peru. Based on these three case studies, we present a synthesis model of social justice. We also discuss implications for future studies emphasizing the importance of engaging community participants in research meaningful ways, developing sustainable partnerships, and decolonizing research. Highlights: Promoting justice requires ongoing reflective dialogue and deconstruction of a colonial approach.Acting on power imbalances, giving voice to people, and advocating for change promote social justice.Community‐based participatory research is the appropriate approach to elevate the voices of those affected by oppression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The pervasive failure of policies aimed at overcoming health inequities suffered by European Roma reflects the oppressive and impoverished living conditions of many ethnic minorities in the Western world. The multiple social inequities that Roma experience and the cumulative effect on their health prove that the failure of health policies that impact Roma must be attributed to their ameliorative nature. These policies legitimize the mechanisms of oppression that sustain inequities, fueling fatalistic attitudes toward minorities, while these minorities internalize the stigma and attempt to survive on the margins of society. This paper presents the RoAd4Health project, a community initiative in which academic researchers partnered with Roma communities to overcome health inequities. We present the multiple methods utilized for building meaningful advocacy, such as photovoice and asset mapping led by Roma agents of change. These methods provided the capacity to develop a local narrative of disparities, build alliances to gain capacity to respond to injustices, and take actions to promote social change. The results of effectively involving all significant stakeholders (i.e., community agents of change, residents, health and social care providers, Roma community grassroots organizations, and institutional actors) are discussed along with lessons learned. Highlights: Global health challenges require to shift our strategies regarding ethnic minorities inequities.Roma living conditions are deeply rooted in discriminatory structures that produce health inequities.Social determinants of health inequities require evidence‐based transformative policies.Community advocacy promotes critical knowledge and alliances in order to take political actions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]