Collaborating Community Health: Workbook and Guide to Best Practices in Creating Healthier Communities and Populations - Brossura

Johnson, Kathryn

 
9780787910792: Collaborating Community Health: Workbook and Guide to Best Practices in Creating Healthier Communities and Populations
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ISBN 10: 0787910791 ISBN 13: 9780787910792
Casa editrice: John Wiley & Sons, 2008

Sinossi

Resolving Tough Community Problems with Teamwork

The first resource that shows how key players from local governments, businesses, health care organizations, school boards, churches, and police departments can be turned into a team, working together to improve their communities. The editors have gathered the accumulated wisdom of top consultants and practitioners and share the experiences and accomplishments of these experts who have worked in over fifty community partnerships across North America.

A useful, hands-on tool, this workbook contains a wealth of resources--including worksheets, guidelines, overhead slides, and case studies--designed to help every community implement a workable plan of action. It takes you through the Seven Core Processes, a synthesis of interrelated activities and events in which all collaborative efforts engage.

Will help communities


* 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

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Informazioni sull?autore

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.

Dalla quarta di copertina

Many of today?s toughest problems?violence, teen pregnancy, drug abuse, crime?can be solved only through the collaborative efforts of community leaders. Collaborating to Improve Community Health is the first resource that shows how key players from local governments, businesses, healthcare organizations, school boards, churches, and police departments can be turned into a team, working together to make their communities better places to live, work, raise families, and grow old. The editors have gathered the accumulated wisdom of top consultants and practitioners and share with us the experiences and accomplishments of these experts who have worked to improve communities in over fifty partnerships across North America.
A useful, hands-on tool, Collaborating to Improve Community Health contains a wealth of resources including worksheets, guidelines, overhead slides, and case studies, all designed to help every community implement a workable plan of action. This workbook also guides you through the Seven Core Processes, a synthesis of interrelated activities and events in which all collaborative efforts engage.
Collaborating to Improve Community Health will help communities

  • 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

Dal risvolto di copertina interno

Many of today's toughest problems? violence, teen pregnancy, drug abuse, crime? can be solved only through the collaborative efforts of community leaders. Collaborating to Improve Community Health is the first resource that shows how key players from local governments, businesses, healthcare organizations, school boards, churches, and police departments can be turned into a team, working together to make their communities better places to live, work, raise families, and grow old. The editors have gathered the accumulated wisdom of top consultants and practitioners and share with us the experiences and accomplishments of these experts who have worked to improve communities in over fifty partnerships across North America.A useful, hands-on tool, Collaborating to Improve Community Health contains a wealth of resources including worksheets, guidelines, overhead slides, and case studies, all designed to help every community implement a workable plan of action. This workbook also guides you through the Seven Core Processes, a synthesis of interrelated activities and events in which all collaborative efforts engage. Collaborating to Improve Community Health will help communities

  • 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

Le informazioni nella sezione "Su questo libro" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.

Editore
John Wiley & Sons
Data di pubblicazione
2008
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0787910791
ISBN 13 
9780787910792
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
272
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
non disponibile