Reflections on Community Coalition Staff: Research Directions From Practice  

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Sanchez, Victoria

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Health Promotion Practice vol. 1 no. 4 (Oct. 2000), page 320-322.
Fulltext: 320HPP14.pdf (38.69KB)

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Establishing coalitions to build partnerships for collaborative decision making between health agencies and communities holds a dominant place in health promotion efforts that address public health problems embedded within the social-political context of communities. In addition, coalitions often strive to increase the capacity of local citizens groups to advocate for shared power and leadership with local health organizations and academic institutions that have traditionally held power. A major interest of mine over the past few years has been to understand the roles and functions of community health educators (as staff) in building coalitions, with a particular emphasis on their role in community capacity building. I have pursued this interest through both research and practice. It has been my observation that for public health practitioners and especially those trained in health behavior/health education, working with and for coalitions and helping to build community capacity are essential to community health practice. In this commentary, I share my eflections on the pivotal, yet at times invisible, roles and functions of coalition staff. These reflections are based on my research with four county coalitions of the North Carolina Community- Based Public Health (NC CBPH) initiative (1992- 1996), the coalition literature, and observations from my experience in community-based public health practice.

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