Coalitions and Partnerships in Community Health - by Frances Dunn Butterfoss (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

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

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

From the Back Cover

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

• Historical foundations of coalitions and partnerships

• Principles of collaboration and partnering

• Benefits and challenges of a coalition approach

• Coalition frameworks and models

• Cultivating coalition leadership

• Roles and responsibilities of coalition staff, leaders, and members

• Communication, decision-making, and problem-solving methods

• Vision, mission, and bylaws

• Effective marketing

• Planning for sustainability

• Approaches to assessment

• Developing strategic and action plans

• Implementing coalition strategies in the community

• Media advocacy, strategies, and tips

• Participatory coalition evaluation

Coalitions and Partnerships in Community Health is designed to be used by both seasoned professionals who wish to expand their knowledge of these collaborative processes and novices who seek guidance and support.

Review Quotes

"This comprehensive text will be an invaluable resource not only for the practitioner and researcher practicing in all segments of public health but also for the academician preparing our future health educators. The rich experience of the author of more than 15 years of building, leading, evaluating, and consulting on coalitions and partnerships is evident as she combines her practical experience and insights with the published sources to make her points. . . . This book achieves the stated goal of being a one-stop shop that provides not only a philosophical and theoretical basis but also practical guidance and tools on how to develop and sustain successful partnerships and coalitions."-- Health Promotion Practice, April 2008

About the Author

Frances Dunn Butterfoss Ph.D., is a well known researcher, theorist, educator, speaker, and practitioner. She is a professor and Division Director of Behavioral Research and Community Health in the Department of Pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS). Dr. Butterfoss was recently awarded the EVMS Foundation Chair in Pediatrics.