Author : Safe Routes to School Program (Colo.)
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 49,91 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Cycling
ISBN :
Safe Routes to School (SRTS) programs can improve safety, not just for children, but for the entire community. Encouraging children to walk and bike to school more often reduces congestion and pollution around our schools and helps form community partnerships. It also provides opportunities for students, teachers, and parents to increase their physical activity and improve public health.
Author : Meredith Minkler
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 15,30 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780813534749
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Author : Frances Dunn Butterfoss
Publisher : Author House
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 27,94 MB
Release : 2013-09-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1491810114
Frances Dunn Butterfoss, Ph.D., captured the attention of academics and practitioners everywhere with her landmark textbook, Coalitions and Partnerships in Community Health, which provided a comprehensive approach to coalitions. Ignite! Getting Your Community Coalition Fired Up for Change is a more concise, user-friendly book geared for community practitioners, leaders, and activists who want to build and sustain innovative organizations and coalitions to improve the health and well-being of their communities. Learn why sustaining and building a coalition is very much like planning, building, fueling, and sustaining a campfi re, and get detailed guidance on how to: • determine if coalition building is the best way to achieve your goals; • pick the simplest structure to achieve your objective; • build and sustain innovative organizations and community coalitions with the power to change policies, systems, and environments. The book’s four parts—Before You Build It, Build It, Make It Work, and Sustain It—provide practical strategies to build coalitions, as well as troops, clubs, neighborhood associations, and other organizations. Whether you’re a volunteer or professional, you’ll get tools that make it easier to accomplish meaningful and lasting change with Ignite!
Author : Taylor Bowlden
Publisher :
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 37,22 MB
Release : 2000
Category : City planning
ISBN :
Author : Gillian Kaye
Publisher :
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 48,32 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Coalition (Social sciences)
ISBN :
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 38,85 MB
Release : 2017-04-27
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309452961
In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.
Author : Tom Wolff
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 17,41 MB
Release : 2010-01-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0470579587
In this groundbreaking book, Tom Wolff spells out six proven principles for creating collabo- rative solutions for healthy communities. The Power of Collaborative Solutions addresses contemporary social problems by helping people of diverse circumstances and backgrounds work together to solve community challenges. Filled with clear principles, illustrative stories, and practical tools, this book shows how to make lasting change really happen. Praise for The Power of Collaborative Solutions "This is a truly transformative book and a must-read. Tom Wolff crafts a path to change that is at once visionary and achievable." MEREDITH MINKLER, professor of health and social behavior, University of California, Berkeley, and coauthor, Community-Based Participatory Research for Health (Jossey-Bass, 2008) "If you want to bring about sustained positive change in your community, read this book. The stories will inspire you, and the lessons will shine a light on your leadership path." TYLER NORRIS, founding president, Community Initiatives "Here you'll find not just theory, but also the hard-won, down-to-earth detail on how to make collaboration work where you live and act." BILL BERKOWITZ, professor emeritus of psychology, University of Massachusetts Lowell "Tom has a tremendous fount of knowledge, and he knows just what to do with it and how to help others use it. His kind and commonsensical manner means that his intellect is accessible." LINDA BOWEN, executive director, Institute for Community Peace, Washington, D.C.
Author : DIANE Publishing Company
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 47,94 MB
Release : 1995-03
Category :
ISBN : 0788115812
A series of fact sheets on topics related to coalition formation & maintenance: networking, understanding the process, construction of a coalition, coalition facilitator guide, coalition functioning, coalition goal setting, communication in coalitions, mobilizing the community, working with diverse cultures, tapping private sector resources, turf issue, & much more.
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 42,45 MB
Release : 2004-09-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309133440
In January 2004, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) hosted the 1st Annual Crossing the Quality Chasm Summit, convening a group of national and community health care leaders to pool their knowledge and resources with regard to strategies for improving patient care for five common chronic illnesses. This summit was a direct outgrowth and continuation of the recommendations put forth in the 2001 IOM report Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century. The summit's purpose was to offer specific guidance at both the community and national levels for overcoming the challenges to the provision of high-quality care articulated in the Quality Chasm report and for moving closer to achievement of the patient-centerd health care system envisioned therein.
Author : Meredith Minkler
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 33,76 MB
Release : 2012-07-16
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0813553148
The third edition of Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Welfare provides new and more established ways to approach community building and organizing, from collaborating with communities on assessment and issue selection to using the power of coalition building, media advocacy, and social media to enhance the effectiveness of such work. With a strong emphasis on cultural relevance and humility, this collection offers a wealth of case studies in areas ranging from childhood obesity to immigrant worker rights to health care reform. A "tool kit" of appendixes includes guidelines for assessing coalition effectiveness, exercises for critical reflection on our own power and privilege, and training tools such as "policy bingo." From former organizer and now President Barack Obama to academics and professionals in the fields of public health, social work, urban planning, and community psychology, the book offers a comprehensive vision and on-the-ground examples of the many ways community building and organizing can help us address some of the most intractable health and social problems of our times. Dr. Minkler's course syllabus: Although Dr. Minkler has changed the order of some chapters in the syllabus to accommodate guest speakers and help students prep for the midterm assignment she uses, she arranged the actual book layout in a way that should flow quite naturally if instructors wish to use it in the order in which chapters appear.
