{"product_id":"mobilizing-the-community-for-better-health-9780231151665","title":"Mobilizing the Community for Better Health","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An excellent read about an enormous and highlycommendable public health effort in a poor, multi-cultural, and beleagueredcommunity.\" -- Toba Schwaber Kerson, DSW, PhD, Bryn Mawr College this is an excellent read about an enormous and highly commendable public health effort in a poor, multi-cultural, and beleaguered community. -- Toba Schwaber Kerson Social Work in Health Care\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures List of Tables Foreword by Gail Christopher Acknowledgments Part I: Beginnings  Introduction: The Northern Manhattan Community Voices Collaborative   Allan J. Formicola and Lourdes Hernandez-Cordero 1. Creating the Collaborative Foundation  Allan J. Formicola, Moises Perez, and James McIntosh  2. The Collaborative Structure and the Challenges We Faced  Sandra Harris Part II: Promoting Health and Primary Care  3. Community Health Workers: A Successful Strategy for Restoring the Health of a Community  Moises Perez, Jacqueline Martinez, and Laura Frye 4. Asthma Basics for Children (ABC): Building an Asthma Support System from the Ground Up  Sally E. Findley with Gloria Thomas, Rosa Madera-Reese, Maria Lizardo, Mario Drummonds, and Benjamin Ortiz 5. Start Right Coalition: Building on Community Initiatives for Childhood Immunization Promotion  Sally E. Findley with Martha Sanchez, Miriam Mejia, Mario Drummonds, and Matilde Irigoyen 6. The Legacy Smoking-Cessation Project  Cheryl Ragonesi, Martin Ovalles, and Daniel F. Seidman Part III: Strengthening the Safety Net  7. Salud a Su Alcance (SASA): Health Within Your Reach   Anita Lee 8. Health Information Tool for Empowerment (HITE): Making Health Care Resources a Mouse Click Away   Yisel Alonzo 9. HealthGap and the NMCVC's Effort to Cover the Uninsured  Harris K. (Ken) Lampert 10. Healthy Choices: Mobilizing Community Assets to Combat the Twin Epidemic of Obesity and Diabetes  Jacqueline Martinez and Yisel Alonzo Part IV: Providing Dental and Mental Health Care  11. Columbia Community DentCare Program  Stephen Marshall, David Albert, and Dennis Mitchell 12. Mental Health Policy Paper: Giving Voice to a Neglected Epidemic  Lourdes Hernandez-Cordero 13. The Thelma C. Davidson Adair Medical\/Dental Center  Allan J. Formicola Part V: Summing Up and Scaling Up  14. Summing Up  Allan J. Formicola and Lourdes Hernandez-Cordero 15. Scaling Up  Lourdes Hernandez-Cordero, Susan Sturm, Kathleen Klink, and Allan J. Formicola Epilogue Acronyms Used in the Book List of Contributors Index","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400248533335,"sku":"9780231151665","price":82.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231151665.jpg?v=1730470181","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mobilizing-the-community-for-better-health-9780231151665","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}