Mobilizing the Community for Better Health: What the Rest of America Can Learn from Northern Manhattan
Edited by Allan Formicola and Lourdes Hernandez-Cordero
eISBN: 9780231525275
2010 (320 pages 28 tables)
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Complete Book Download
(pages 1-320)
Table of Contents
(pages 7-10)
List of Figures
(pages 11-12)
List of Tables
(pages 13-14)
Foreword by Gail Christopher
(pages 15-18)
Acknowledgments
(pages 19-24)
Part I. Beginnings
(pages 25-26)
Introduction: The Northern Manhattan Community Voices Collaborative, by Allan J. Formicola and Lourdes Hernández-Cordero
(pages 27-37)
1. Creating the Collaborative Foundation, by Allan J. Formicola, Moisés Pérez, and James McIntosh
(pages 38-48)
2. The Collaborative Structure and the Challenges We Faced, by Sandra Harris
(pages 49-60)
Part II. Promoting Health and Primary Care
(pages 61-62)
3. Community Health Workers: A Successful Strategy for Restoring the Health of a Community, by Moisés Pérez, Jacqueline Martínez, and Laura Frye
(pages 63-85)
4. Asthma Basics for Children (ABC): Building an Asthma Support System from the Ground Up, by Sally E. Findley with Gloria Thomas, Rosa Madera-Reese, María Lizardo, Mario Drummonds, and Benjamin Ortiz
(pages 86-108)
5. Start Right Coalition: Building on Community Initiatives for Childhood Immunization Promotion, by Sally E. Findle y with Martha Sánchez, Miriam Mejía, Mario Drummonds, and Matilde Irigoyen
(pages 109-129)
6. The Legacy Smoking-Cessation Project, by Cheryl Ragonesi, Martin Ovalles, and Daniel F. Seidman
(pages 130-148)
Part III. Strengthening the Safety Net
(pages 149-150)
7. Salud a Su Alcance (SASA): Health Within Your Reach, by Anita Lee
(pages 151-165)
8. Health Information Tool for Empowerment (HITE): Making Health Care Resources a Mouse Click Away, by Yisel Alonzo
(pages 166-178)
9. HealthGap and the NMCVC’s Effort to Cover the Uninsured, by Harris K. (Ken) Lampert
(pages 179-192)
10. Healthy Choices: Mobilizing Community Assets to Combat the Twin Epidemic of Obesity and Diabetes, by Jacqueline Martínez and Yisel Alonzo
(pages 193-210)
Part IV. Providing Dental and Mental Health Care
(pages 211-212)
11. Columbia Community DentCare Program, by Stephen Marshall, David Albert, and Dennis Mitchell
(pages 213-226)
12. Mental Health Policy Paper: Giving Voice to a Neglected Epidemic, by Lourdes Hernández-Cordero
(pages 227-245)
13. The Thelma C. Davidson Adair Medical/Dental Center, by Allan J. Formicola
(pages 246-262)
Part V. Summing Up and Scaling Up
(pages 263-264)
14. Summing Up, by Allan J. Formicola and Lourdes Hernández-Cordero
(pages 265-281)
15. Scaling Up, by Lourdes Hernández-Cordero, Susan Sturm, Kathleen Klink, and Allan J. Formicola
(pages 282-294)
Epilogue
(pages 295-300)
Acronyms Used in the Book
(pages 301-302)
List of Contributors
(pages 303-310)
Index
(pages 311-320)
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Mobilizing the Community for Better Health: What the Rest of America Can Learn from Northern Manhattan
From 1999 to 2009, The Northern Manhattan Community Voices Collaborative put Columbia University and its Medical Center in touch with surrounding community organizations and churches to facilitate access to primary care, nutritional improvement, and smoking cessation, and to broker innovative ways to access healthcare and other social services. This unlikely partnership and the relationships it forged reaffirms the wisdom of joining "town and gown" to improve a community's well-being.
Staff members of participating organizations have coauthored this volume, which shares the successes, failures, and obstacles of implementing a vast community health program. A representative of Alianza Dominicana, for example, one of the country's largest groups settling new immigrants, speaks to the value of community-based organizations in ridding a neighborhood of crime, facilitating access to health insurance, and navigating the healthcare system. The editors outline the beginnings and infrastructure of the collaboration and the relationship between leaders that fueled positive outcomes. Their portrait demonstrates how grassroots solutions can create productive dialogues that help resolve difficult issues.
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Table of Contents
Mobilizing the Community for Better Health: What the Rest of America Can Learn from Northern Manhattan
Author(s):
Formicola, Allan; Hernandez-Cordero, Lourdes
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Part I. Beginnings
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Part II. Promoting Health and Primary Care
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3. Community Health Workers: A Successful Strategy for Restoring the Health of a Community, by Moisés Pérez, Jacqueline Martínez, and Laura Frye
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4. Asthma Basics for Children (ABC): Building an Asthma Support System from the Ground Up, by Sally E. Findley with Gloria Thomas, Rosa Madera-Reese, María Lizardo, Mario Drummonds, and Benjamin Ortiz
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5. Start Right Coalition: Building on Community Initiatives for Childhood Immunization Promotion, by Sally E. Findle y with Martha Sánchez, Miriam Mejía, Mario Drummonds, and Matilde Irigoyen
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6. The Legacy Smoking-Cessation Project, by Cheryl Ragonesi, Martin Ovalles, and Daniel F. Seidman
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Part III. Strengthening the Safety Net
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Part IV. Providing Dental and Mental Health Care
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Part V. Summing Up and Scaling Up
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