Promoting Health at the Community Level speaks directly to the challenges that foundations and funding agencies face in supporting the work of community-based groups. The seven case studies included in the book correspond to different multi-site initiatives funded by The Colorado Trust, a Denver-based health foundation. Each case study describes the initiative approach, the type of health promotion activities developed by community-based grantees, the various resources and guidelines provided by the foundation, the initial outcomes of the initiative, and lessons learned. In addition, the final chapter pulls together the findings from the seven case studies into a summary set of recommendations for grantmakers, addressing issues such as the level and duration of funding, different approaches to technical assistance, networking among grantees, and the development of healthy funder-grantee relationships.
This book 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.
Presenting different funding scenarios within varying community settings, the case studies cover a wide range of topics, including
- School health education
- Teen pregnancy prevention
- Volunteer service for rural seniors
- Violence prevention
- Home-visitation services
Promoting Health at the Community Level illustrates a number of different strategies for strengthening the capacity of community-based organizations to develop and implement health promotion programs. The editors provide knowledge-based approaches to encouraging local leaders, nurturing appropriate networks, and creating health promotion programs suited to unique community contexts.
Offering unique lessons for community-based coalitions and supportive organizations, this book will also inspire academics and students to further explore this innovative approach to health promotion and disease prevention.
Table of Content
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.
About the author
Dr. Dora G. Lodwick founded the REFT Institute, Inc., which focuses on research, evaluation, facilitation and training, in 1997. Dora has evaluated programs and other initiatives in the areas of participatory, community-based development, leadership development, health, immigrants and refugees, aging, and environmental impacts and published in several of those areas for over 20 years. She has worked extensively in Latin America and speaks Portuguese and Spanish.
She has been a university professor for 15 years at Miami University of Ohio, Oregon State University, and University of Denver where she established the Applied Social Research and Evaluation MA. She has served the Society for Applied Sociology (SAS) as President, Board Member, and in other capacities, as well representing SAS on the Commission on Applied and Clinical Sociology. She has also held leadership positions in the American Sociological Association.
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