Coalitions and Partnerships in Community Health

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