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.
- Published by
- San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, [2005], ©2005.
- Author
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- 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
- 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.
- Owning institution
- Columbia University Libraries
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.