The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Partnerships Respond to the Community Voice: Lessons from the Community Care Network Demonstration
3095.0: Monday, November 11, 2002: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Oral
Partnerships Respond to the Community Voice: Lessons from the Community Care Network Demonstration
Since 1995, 25 public-private partnerships nationwide—called "Community Care Networks"—have been addressing the challenge of improving community health by bringing together providers, public health, social services, government, education, and other institutions. After a brief description of the Community Care Network vision, presenters will share how these partnerships addressed questions of health and quality of life in their very different communities by listening to the community and involving residents in decision making and program implementation. The session will also discuss how a theory of action (logic model) approach to strategic planning and evaluation helped the partnerships think through choices about initiatives, short-term objectives, and long-term goals. Representatives from two communities—one very rural county and one inner-city neighborhood—will present in-depth information on their partnerships. The focus will be on how the partnerships enabled health professionals to enhance services and achieve more than any one institution could have accomplished alone
Learning Objectives: Participants will understand how these partnerships addressed questions of health and quality of life in their very different communities by listening to the community and involving residents in decision making and program implementation.
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Organizer(s):Frances Margolin
10:30 AMAccountability to the community: Cornerstone of effective partnerships
Frances S. Margolin, MA
10:50 AMHelping a neighborhood see the big picture: Public health in the inner city
Kim Williams, MA
11:10 AMPublic health by the people: Community health improvement in the absence of infrastructure
Leah Binder, MGA, MA
11:30 AMUsing a theory of action as a tool for engaging community partnerships in strategic planning and evaluation
Shoshanna Sofaer, DrPH
Organized by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Endorsed by:Public Health Nursing; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA