Coalitions and Partnerships in Community Health

by Frances Dunn Butterfoss

Coalitions and Partnerships in Community Health is a step-by-step guide for building durable coalitions to improve community and public 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

608 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Frances Dunn Butterfoss, PhD, MSEd is a nationally recognized expert on coalition building and organizational development, with more than 25 years of experience training and consulting with organizations, coalitions and communities across North America. Dr. Butterfoss is President of Coalitions Work and a professor at Eastern Virginia Medical School. She has founded and directed several coalitions and received research support from many agencies and foundations. She has published widely and her textbooks, Coalitions and Partnerships in Community Health and Ignite! are best sellers for academics, practitioners and community activists. Fran is a past President and Distinguished Fellow of the Society for Public Health Education. She lives in Yorktown, Virginia with her husband, Tom and is devoted to her three children and five grandchildren.

Reviews

[Nathan Fleming · Rating 5 out of 5]

A thought leader on how to organize a community, I appreciated the personal stories matched to evidence-based arguments.