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Community-based health organizations : advocating for improved health

Title
Community-based health organizations : advocating for improved health / Marcia Bayne Smith, Yvonne J. Graham, Sally Guttmacher.
Author
Bayne-Smith, Marcia.
Publication
San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, [2005], ©2005.

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Additional Authors
  • Graham, Yvonne, 1957-
  • Guttmacher, Sally.
Description
xix, 362 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
"Community-Based Health Organizations presents the basic principles and practical design and management elements that are needed to create an effective community-based health organization. Once in place, these institutions provide a viable health delivery alternative to traditional, mainstream health care organizations." "Filled with illustrative examples and case studies, Community-Based Health Organizations is designed to be a practical resource. The authors show how to develop leadership and strategic plans, strengthen management, leverage and maximize resources, evaluate programs, and position a CBHO in a changing and competitive health care environment."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Community health services > United States
  • Voluntary health agencies > United States
  • Public health > United States
  • Community Health Services > organization & administration
  • Voluntary Health Agencies > organization & administration
  • Vulnerable Populations
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
Foreword / Mary E. Northridge -- 1. Historical and organizational frameworks of community-based health organizations in the United States / Marcia Bayne Smith -- 2. CBHOs : improving health through community development / Marcia Bayne Smith -- 3. CBHOs : a research report / Marcia Bayne Smith and Sally Guttmacher -- 4. Case study : the health keepers model of service delivery / Yvonne J. Graham -- 5. The political and economic management of CBHOs / Marcia Bayne Smith -- 6. Planning for sustainability / Yvonne J. Graham -- 7. The future of CBHOs : improving health outcomes for everyone / Marcia Bayne Smith and Yvonne J. Graham.
ISBN
  • 0787964867 (alk. paper)
  • 0787977756 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2004022993
OCLC
  • ocm56632253
  • SCSB-5157586
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries