Coalitions and Partnerships in Community Health

This important resource provides an in-depth, analytical, and practical approach to building, sustaining, and nurturing these complex organizations.

Author Frances Dunn Butterfoss includes all the tools for success in collaborative work from a research and practice-based stance. The book contains useful approaches to the issues, recommendations for action, resources for further study, and examples from actual coalition work.

Coalitions and Partnerships in Community Health explores

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  Historical foundations of coalitions and partnerships
  
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  Principles of collaboration and partnering
  
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  Benefits and challenges of a coalition approach
  
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  Coalition frameworks and models
  
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  Cultivating coalition leadership
  
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  Roles and responsibilities of coalition staff, leaders, and members
  
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  Communication, decision-making, and problem-solving methods
  
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  Vision, mission, and bylaws
  
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  Effective marketing
  
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  Planning for sustainability
  
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  Approaches to assessment
  
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  Developing strategic and action plans
  
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  Implementing coalition strategies in the community
  
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  Media advocacy, strategies, and tips
  
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  Participatory coalition evaluation
  

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