Community-based health organizations : advocating for improved health

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

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Additional authors
  1. Graham, Yvonne, 1957-
  2. Guttmacher, Sally.
Description
  1. xix, 362 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
  1. "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
  1. Vulnerable Populations
  2. Community Health Services > organization & administration
  3. Voluntary health agencies > United States
  4. United States
  5. Voluntary Health Agencies > organization & administration
  6. Public health > United States
  7. Community health services > United States
Contents
  1. 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
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.