Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Welfare, 3rd Edition

by Meredith Minkler (Editor)

The third edition of Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Welfar e provides new and more established ways to approach community building and organizing, from collaborating with communities on assessment and issue selection to using the power of coalition building, media advocacy, and social media to enhance the effectiveness of such work. With a strong emphasis on cultural relevance and humility, this collection offers a wealth of case studies in areas ranging from childhood obesity to immigrant worker rights to health care reform. A "tool kit" of appendixes includes guidelines for assessing coalition effectiveness, exercises for critical reflection on our own power and privilege, and training tools such as "policy bingo." From former organizer and now President Barack Obama to academics and professionals in the fields of public health, social work, urban planning, and community psychology, the book offers a comprehensive vision and on-the-ground examples of the many ways community building and organizing can help us address some of the most intractable health and social problems of our times.
Dr. Minkler's course Although Dr. Minkler has changed the order of some chapters in the syllabus to accommodate guest speakers and help students prep for the midterm assignment she uses, she arranged the actual book layout in a way that should flow quite naturally if instructors wish to use it in the order in which chapters appear.

Genres: Nonfiction, Social Work

512 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Sabrarf · Rating 3 out of 5]

Had to read this for one of my courses! Not my area of interest but easy to read. found it very conservative in some parts!

[Tara Brabazon · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a strong interdisciplinary edited collection. It combines health education, community organization and sociology to provide an understanding of the collective nature of health, fitness and sickness. Instead of individual 'problems,' health becomes a matter of class, race and environment.

This is a strong book for upper undergraduates and postgraduate students. It is also useful for researchers requiring interdisciplinary case studies, particularly in the United State.

[Aja · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good text for community health.