Collaborating to Improve Community Health - Workbook Guide to Best Practices in Creating Healthier Communities

Informationen zum Autor KATHRYN JOHNSON is the president and chief executive officer of The Healthcare Forum. WYNNE GROSSMAN is director of research and development for The Healthcare Forum. ANNE CASSIDY is the healthier communities manager for The Healthcare Forum. Klappentext Gain insight into the collaborative process Jump-start community efforts with new strategies and initiatives Understand and work through the action steps of each Core Process Craft more effective partnerships Create healthier and safer places to live Zusammenfassung Such community problems as violence! teenage pregnancy and drug abuse will be resolved when businesses! hospitals! local governments! school boards! churches and police departments work together. This manual offers guidelines on how these interests can collaborate with one another. Inhaltsverzeichnis Organizing the Effort. Convening the Community. Creating a Shared Vision. Assessing Current Realities and TrAnds. Action Planning. Doing the Job. Monitoring and Adjusting. Case Study One: Aiken! Growing Into Life. Case Study Two: Chicago! Bethel New Life. Case Study Three: Mesa Country! Healthy Community 2000. Case Study Four: Orlando! Health Communities Initiative. Appendix A: Survey Questions. Appendix B: Capacity Inventory. Appendix C: Logic Model. Appendix D: Sample Action Plan in Progress.

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• Authors: CASSIDY, Robert Ed. Cassidy, Grossman, Wynne Cassidy Grossman, Johnson, K Johnson, K. Grossman Johnson, Kathryn Grossman Johnson, Rex Johnson, Rex Jr. Johnson, JOHNSON K GROSSMAN W CASSIDY
• Assisted by: Anne Cassidy (Editor), Wynne Grossman (Editor), Kathryn Johnson (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780787910792
• ISBN: 978-0-7879-1079-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Leadership Center Publication
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research