Community engagement, organization, and development for public health practice [electronic resource].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Community engagement, organization, and development for public health practice -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword/John E. Maupin Jr., DDS, MBA -- Preface/Carol J. Rowland Hogue -- Acknowledgments -- I: Essentials of Community Health Practice; 1 Fundamental Core Concepts in the Community Engagement, Organization, and Development Process -- 2 Defining Community Boundaries and Conducting Community Assessments: CEOD Methods and Practices -- 3 Ethics and Servant Leadership in Public Health Practice -- 4 Culture Competency and CEOD Process: Immigrant Populations, Health Care, Public Health, and Community -- II: Community Partnerships and Collaborations; 5 Academic-Community Partnerships for CEOD -- 6 Engaging the Faith-Based Community in the CEOD Process -- 7 Capacity Building and the Role of Community Health Workers in CEOD -- 8 Engaging and Organizing Rural Communities for Public Health Practice -- III: Community Health Policy Issues; 9 Ensuring Environmental Health and Justice in Communities of Concern -- 10 Using Conceptual Frameworks in Health Policymaking: A Guide for CEOD -- 11 Advancing Health Equity Through Public Health Policies -- 12 Using the Power of Media to Influence Health Policy and Politics in CEOD -- IV: Current and Future Community Issues; 13 Community Resilience, Disasters, and the Public's Health -- 14 Evaluating the Community-Engaged Organization -- 15 Organizing Communities for Public Health Practice-2050: A Futuristic Perspective -- Index.

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In this practical text, public health students and practitioners will learn the fundamentals of applying community engagement, organization, and development principles to create successful community public health campaigns. Emphasizing nontraditional approaches and partnerships, and the need to readjust traditional strategies, it discusses organization and development methods optimal for public health practice, including public health ethics, faith-based initiatives in community health, community assessment and measurement methods, coalition building, frameworks for developing health policy, and more. This textbook addresses work in at-risk and diverse communities, and stresses the impact of urban change on the community engagement, organization, and development process. It also discusses the methodologies and theoretical frameworks underlying successful community organizing and development. The multidisciplinary public health scholars and practitioners contributing to this work identify the skills required to both analyze the health and health care delivery challenges of underserved communities, and to understand the social, cultural, environmental, and economic determinants of health and illness. The book includes a wealth of practical approaches and case studies drawn from the authors' real-life experiences in developing successful community health campaigns.

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