Table 2.

The Empower Action Model Protective Factors and Actions

Protective Factor	Individual Child	Interpersonal Family	Organizations	Community	Public Policy
Build resilience through learning skills needed to manage stress and nurture children	Possess inner strength to positively meet challenges and overcome adversity	Manage stress and buffer its’ effects on family during tough times	Establish a system that values individual contributions, perspectives, differences, and strengths	Demonstrate that individuals are valued, honored, and supported by the community	Advocate for policies that build resilience including policies that create positive environments and provide services for health and well-being
Create positive environments for social and emotional well-being	Manage emotions, and relate positively to others	Foster children’s social-emotional development	Create an environment that values the importance of positive environments for social-emotional well-being	Understand the importance of positive environments for children and their social-emotional well-being	Adopt policies that promote safe, stable, and nurturing environments
Grow positive outcomes by promoting individual development	Understand personal growth and development	Engage in developmentally appropriate interactions with children	Assess individual contexts, development, and needs when setting expectations and career planning or training	Demonstrate importance of community involvement in individual health and well-being through the development of programs focused on prevention	Promote the notion that we are all responsible for the health and well-being of children through policies and programs that promote healthy development
Share resources that allow individuals and families to meet their basic needs	Identify, find, and receive support to meet basic needs	Have skills and tools to identify needs and connect to supports that strengthen your family	Create an atmosphere where employees can access resources in times of need and for self-care	Provide information and connection to services in the community to promote resilience	Promote policies that create access to resources for all
Support individuals and families through positive relationships	Engage with trusting, caring relationships with competent adults	Build mutual trust and support with children	Foster positive relationships within the organization and promote engagement with family and community	Promote opportunities that build healthy relationships and support for parents while empowering parents to be leaders and decision makers	Fund and endorse policies and programs that provide individuals and families with connection and support within their communities
Race equity and inclusion tenets	Individuals have positive cultural identity by honoring family history, race, and ethnicity		Organizational policies and practices are racially and culturally inclusive and recognize the importance of diversity in workforce and leadership	Community efforts eliminate messages that reinforce “otherness” of health outcomes while creating programs that are culturally competent and promote equity	Policy efforts work to dismantle systemic racial inequity