Community Organizing and Community Building for Health
Edition: 2nd edition
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: October 25, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 489
ISBN-13: 9780813534749
Subjects: Health systems & services; Public health & preventive medicine; Social issues; Public Health; Community organization; Social Science; Medical / Nursing; Sociology; Community health services; Social Work; Citizen participation; Community development; Health promotion
First sentence: AS WE APPROACH the twenty-first century, health educators, social workers, and other professionals who work at the interface of health systems and communities face unprecedented new challenges and opportunities.
Description: "This updated and revised edition of a highly praised volume provides meaningful insights into the systems of inequality in the United States - such as race, class, and gender - that impact health. Updated versions of a number of the original chapters, as well as new chapters and appendixes, address areas such as using community organizing to influence policy; using the arts in community building and organizing; online activism; and the role of cultural humility and systems change in building effective partnerships between local health departments and community residents."--BOOK JACKET.