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Book Synopsis
This third edition offers new and more established ways to approach community building and organising, from collaborating with communities on assessment and issue selection to using the power of social media to enhance the effectiveness of such work. Numerous case studies ranging from childhood obesity to immigrant worker rights to health care reform are provided.

Trade Review
"Minkler has created a volume useful to practitioners and academics interested in working together to produce positive community change. This is a must-read for anyone interested in making a difference in their communities in socially just and equitable ways." -- Marc Zimmerman * professor at University of Michigan School of Public Health *
“This is an important resource of great value for those studying public health, health education, social work, and theory-based program planning. Minkler's new text offers insightful overviews, case examples, and a rich appendix of tools.” -- Dr. Rima Rudd * Harvard School of Public Health *
“Minkler has authority in her field and is known for sound scholarship. This is an obvious text for courses in health education and social work both at the graduate and undergraduate levels.” -- Dona Schneider * Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University *
"The third edition of this comprehensive, excellent book is a welcome resource for public health professionals and social workers interested in the 'art and science' of organizing and building communities. A must read for health education students interested in community-related work. Highly recommended."
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Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments

PART ONE
Introduction
1. Introduction to Community Organizing and Community Building
2. Why Organize? Problems and Promise in the Inner City

PART TWO
Contextual Frameworks and Approaches
3. Improving Health through Community Organization and Community Building
4. Contrasting Organizing Approaches
5. Community Building Practice

PART THREE
Building Effective Partnerships and Anticipating and Addressing Ethical Challenges
6. Community, Community Development, and the Forming of Authentic Partnerships
7. Ethical Issues in Community Organizing and Capacity Building
8. Building Partnerships between Local Health Departments and Communities

PART FOUR
Community Assessment and Issue Selection
9. Community Health Assessment or Healthy Community Assessment
10. Mapping Community Capacity
11. Selecting and “Cutting” the Issue

PART FIVE
Community Organizing and Community Building within and across Diverse Groups and Cultures
12. Education, Participation, and Capacity Building in Community Organizing with Women of Color
13. African American Barbershops and Beauty Salons
14. Popular Education, Participatory Research, and Community Organizing with Immigrant Restaurant Workers in San Francisco’s Chinatown

PART SIX
Using the Arts and the Internet as Tools for Community Organizing and Community Building
15. Creating an Online Strategy to Enhance Effective Community Building and Organizing
16. Using the Arts and New Media in Community Organizing and Community Building


PART SEVEN
Building, Maintaining, and Evaluating Effective Coalitions and Community Organizing Efforts
17. A Coalition Model for Community Action
18. Community Organizing for Obesity Prevention in Humboldt Park, Chicago
19. Participatory Approaches to Evaluating Community Organizing and Coalition Building

PART EIGHT
Influencing Policy through Community Organizing and Media Advocacy
20. Using Community Organizing and Community Building to Influence Public Policy
21. Organizing for Health Care Reform
22. Media Advocacy


Appendixes
1. Principles of Community Building
2. Action-Oriented Community Diagnosis Procedure
3. Challenging Ourselves
4. A Ladder of Community Participation in Public Health
5. Coalition Member Assessment
6. Community Mapping and Digital Technology
7. Using Force Field and “SWOT” Analysis as Strategic Tools in Community Organizing
8. A Checklist for Action
9. Criteria for Creating Triggers or Codes for Freirian Organizing
10. Scale for Measuring Perceptions of Control at the Individual, Organizational, Neighborhood, and beyond-the-Neighborhood Levels
11. Policy Bingo

About the Contributors
Index

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      Publisher: Rutgers University Press
      Publication Date: 16/07/2012
      ISBN13: 9780813553009, 978-0813553009
      ISBN10: 0813553008
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This third edition offers new and more established ways to approach community building and organising, from collaborating with communities on assessment and issue selection to using the power of social media to enhance the effectiveness of such work. Numerous case studies ranging from childhood obesity to immigrant worker rights to health care reform are provided.

      Trade Review
      "Minkler has created a volume useful to practitioners and academics interested in working together to produce positive community change. This is a must-read for anyone interested in making a difference in their communities in socially just and equitable ways." -- Marc Zimmerman * professor at University of Michigan School of Public Health *
      “This is an important resource of great value for those studying public health, health education, social work, and theory-based program planning. Minkler's new text offers insightful overviews, case examples, and a rich appendix of tools.” -- Dr. Rima Rudd * Harvard School of Public Health *
      “Minkler has authority in her field and is known for sound scholarship. This is an obvious text for courses in health education and social work both at the graduate and undergraduate levels.” -- Dona Schneider * Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University *
      "The third edition of this comprehensive, excellent book is a welcome resource for public health professionals and social workers interested in the 'art and science' of organizing and building communities. A must read for health education students interested in community-related work. Highly recommended."
      * Choice *

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations
      Acknowledgments

      PART ONE
      Introduction
      1. Introduction to Community Organizing and Community Building
      2. Why Organize? Problems and Promise in the Inner City

      PART TWO
      Contextual Frameworks and Approaches
      3. Improving Health through Community Organization and Community Building
      4. Contrasting Organizing Approaches
      5. Community Building Practice

      PART THREE
      Building Effective Partnerships and Anticipating and Addressing Ethical Challenges
      6. Community, Community Development, and the Forming of Authentic Partnerships
      7. Ethical Issues in Community Organizing and Capacity Building
      8. Building Partnerships between Local Health Departments and Communities

      PART FOUR
      Community Assessment and Issue Selection
      9. Community Health Assessment or Healthy Community Assessment
      10. Mapping Community Capacity
      11. Selecting and “Cutting” the Issue

      PART FIVE
      Community Organizing and Community Building within and across Diverse Groups and Cultures
      12. Education, Participation, and Capacity Building in Community Organizing with Women of Color
      13. African American Barbershops and Beauty Salons
      14. Popular Education, Participatory Research, and Community Organizing with Immigrant Restaurant Workers in San Francisco’s Chinatown

      PART SIX
      Using the Arts and the Internet as Tools for Community Organizing and Community Building
      15. Creating an Online Strategy to Enhance Effective Community Building and Organizing
      16. Using the Arts and New Media in Community Organizing and Community Building


      PART SEVEN
      Building, Maintaining, and Evaluating Effective Coalitions and Community Organizing Efforts
      17. A Coalition Model for Community Action
      18. Community Organizing for Obesity Prevention in Humboldt Park, Chicago
      19. Participatory Approaches to Evaluating Community Organizing and Coalition Building

      PART EIGHT
      Influencing Policy through Community Organizing and Media Advocacy
      20. Using Community Organizing and Community Building to Influence Public Policy
      21. Organizing for Health Care Reform
      22. Media Advocacy


      Appendixes
      1. Principles of Community Building
      2. Action-Oriented Community Diagnosis Procedure
      3. Challenging Ourselves
      4. A Ladder of Community Participation in Public Health
      5. Coalition Member Assessment
      6. Community Mapping and Digital Technology
      7. Using Force Field and “SWOT” Analysis as Strategic Tools in Community Organizing
      8. A Checklist for Action
      9. Criteria for Creating Triggers or Codes for Freirian Organizing
      10. Scale for Measuring Perceptions of Control at the Individual, Organizational, Neighborhood, and beyond-the-Neighborhood Levels
      11. Policy Bingo

      About the Contributors
      Index

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