Promoting Health at the Community Level is the first book to provide a systematic examination of community-based health promotion. Edited by Doug Easterling, Kaia Gallagher, and Dora Lodwick, this innovative text uses seven case studies to evaluate community-driven health promotion and present promising strategies for initiating and sustaining community-based efforts. Individual chapters describe real-world, multi-site health initiatives and summarize their evaluation outcomes. Offering unique lessons for community-based coalitions and supportive organizations, Promoting Health at the…mehr
Promoting Health at the Community Level is the first book to provide a systematic examination of community-based health promotion. Edited by Doug Easterling, Kaia Gallagher, and Dora Lodwick, this innovative text uses seven case studies to evaluate community-driven health promotion and present promising strategies for initiating and sustaining community-based efforts. Individual chapters describe real-world, multi-site health initiatives and summarize their evaluation outcomes. Offering unique lessons for community-based coalitions and supportive organizations, Promoting Health at the Community Level will also inspire academics and students to further explore this innovative approach to health promotion and disease prevention.
Douglas V. Easterling, Ph.D. Doug Easterling is the founder and director of the Division for Community-Based Evaluation, within the Center for the Study of Social Issues at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Through the Division, he served as the principal investigator on evaluations of the Winston-Salem Foundation's initiative to build social capital and the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation's initiative to improve race relations. Doug has also assisted the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, the Warner Foundation, the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation and The Conservation Fund in designing evaluation systems and clarifying program intent. From 1992-1999, Doug served as the Director of Research and Evaluation at The Colorado Trust. In this capacity, he commissioned evaluations of the foundation's initiatives (including the seven studies described in this book) and facilitated the foundation's process of learning from the results. Doug has published articles and books on the topics of program evaluation, community-based health promotion and nuclear waste policy. He also teaches the evaluation module for the Health Forum's fellowship programs and served on the CENTERED Blue Ribbon Panel, which was convened by CDC to improve the evaluation of projects that aim to reduce racial/ethnic disparities in health. In February 2002, Doug delivered the Fischer Francis Trees & Watts Keynote Address at the Community Trust Conference in New Zealand. Doug holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.A. in Quantitative Psychology from the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), and a B.A. from Carleton College.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction - Kaia M. Gallagher Douglas V. Easterling Dora G. Lodwick 2. The Colorado Healthy Communities Initiative: Communities Defining and Addressing Health - Ross F. Conner Sora Park Tanjasiri Catherine L. Dempsey Gabriela Robles Marc B. Davidson and Douglas V. Easterling 3. Using Community Indicators to Track and to Improve Health and Quality of Life - Ross F. Conner Douglas V. Easterling Sora Park Tanjasiri Jim Adams-Berger 4. The Teen Pregnancy Prevention 2000 Initiative - Kaia M. Gallagher Jodi G. Drisko 5. The Community Action for Health Promotion Initiative:Building Capacity in Small Focused Community-Based Health Promotion Programs - Douglas H. Fernald Deborah S. Main Carolyn J. Tressler and Kathryn A. Judge Nearing 6. The Volunteers for Rural Seniors Initiative: Leveraging Community Resources to Meet the Needs of Seniors - Dora G. Lodwick and Allan Wallis 7. The Colorado School Health Education Initiative: Promoting School Health Education Through Capacity Building - Deborah S. Main Douglas H. Fernald Kathryn A. Judge Nearing Donna K. Duffy and Jill A. Elnicki 8. Home Visitation Learning Groups: Community-Based Professionals Discovering Best Practices - Thomas I. Miller Michelle Miller Kobayashi and Peggy L. Hill 9. What Do the Case Studies Say About Community-Based Health Promotion? - Douglas V. Easterling Kaia M. Gallagher and Dora G. Lodwick 10. Practical Lessons for Promoting Health at the Community Level - Douglas V. Easterling Kaia M. Gallagher and Dora G. Lodwick Foreword - John R. Moran Jr.
1. Introduction - Kaia M. Gallagher Douglas V. Easterling Dora G. Lodwick 2. The Colorado Healthy Communities Initiative: Communities Defining and Addressing Health - Ross F. Conner Sora Park Tanjasiri Catherine L. Dempsey Gabriela Robles Marc B. Davidson and Douglas V. Easterling 3. Using Community Indicators to Track and to Improve Health and Quality of Life - Ross F. Conner Douglas V. Easterling Sora Park Tanjasiri Jim Adams-Berger 4. The Teen Pregnancy Prevention 2000 Initiative - Kaia M. Gallagher Jodi G. Drisko 5. The Community Action for Health Promotion Initiative:Building Capacity in Small Focused Community-Based Health Promotion Programs - Douglas H. Fernald Deborah S. Main Carolyn J. Tressler and Kathryn A. Judge Nearing 6. The Volunteers for Rural Seniors Initiative: Leveraging Community Resources to Meet the Needs of Seniors - Dora G. Lodwick and Allan Wallis 7. The Colorado School Health Education Initiative: Promoting School Health Education Through Capacity Building - Deborah S. Main Douglas H. Fernald Kathryn A. Judge Nearing Donna K. Duffy and Jill A. Elnicki 8. Home Visitation Learning Groups: Community-Based Professionals Discovering Best Practices - Thomas I. Miller Michelle Miller Kobayashi and Peggy L. Hill 9. What Do the Case Studies Say About Community-Based Health Promotion? - Douglas V. Easterling Kaia M. Gallagher and Dora G. Lodwick 10. Practical Lessons for Promoting Health at the Community Level - Douglas V. Easterling Kaia M. Gallagher and Dora G. Lodwick Foreword - John R. Moran Jr.
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