Community Building
Renewal, Well-Being, and Shared Responsibility
Foreword
John B. Turner
Introduction
Patricia L. Ewalt, Edith M. Freeman, and Dennis L. Poole
Part I: Comprehensive Community Initiatives
* The Revitalization of Impoverished Communities
Patricia L. Ewalt
* Countering Urban Disinvestment through Community-Building Initiatives
Arthur J. Naparstek and Dennis Dooley
* Implementing Comprehensive Community Development: Possibilities and Limitations
Robert J. Chaskin, Mark L. Joseph, and Selma Chipenda-Dansokho
* Youths and Communities: Toward Comprehensive Strategies for Youth Development
William H. Barton, Marie Watkins, and Roger Jarjoura
Part II: Economic Revitalization and Community Self-Sufficiency
* Asset Building as a Community Revitalization Strategy
Deborah Page-Adams and Michael Sherraden
* Effects of Assets on Attitudes and Behaviors: Advance Test of a Social Policy Proposal
Gautam N. Yadama and Michael Sherraden
* Problems and Prospects of Self-Employment as an Economic Independence Option for Welfare Recipients
Salome Raheim
* Role of Latina-Owned Beauty Parlors in a Latino Community
Melvin Delgado
Part III: Community Action through Collaborations
* Nonprofit Organizations and Innovation: A Model of Neighborhood-Based Collaboration to Prevent Child Maltreatment
Elizabeth A. Mulroy and Sharon Shay
* Strenghtening Neighborhoods by Developing Community Networks
John D. Morrison, Joy Howard, Casey Johnson, Francisco J. Navarro, Beth Plachetka, and Tony Bell
* Assessing the Impact of Community Violence on Children and Youths
Neil B. Guterman and Mark Cameron
* The Little Village Project: A Community Approach to the Gang Problem
Irving A. Spergel and Susan F. Grossman
Part IV: Community Action through Affiliations
* Elizabeth Ross Haynes: An African American Reformer of Womanist Consciousness, 1908–1940
Iris Carlton-LaNey
* Making a Difference: Women of Action in the Community
Marceline M. Lazzari, Holly R. Ford, and Kelly J. Haughey
* The Politics of the Indian Child Welfare Act
Lou Matheson
* Kinship Care: The African American Response to Family Preservation
Maria Scannapieco and Sondra Jackson
* Inner-City Youths Helping Children: After-School Programs to Promote Bonding and Reduce Risk
Julie O’Donnell, Elizabeth A. Michalak, and Ellen B. Ames
* Community Asset Assessments by Latino Youths
Melvin Delgado
* Strengths-Based Practice with Puerto Rican Adolescents: Lessons from a Substance Abuse Prevention Project
Melvin Delgado
* Sociopolitical Antecedents to Stonewall: Analysis of the Origins of the Gay Rights Movement in the United States
Cynthia Cannon Poindexter
Part V: Housing Initiatives
* Building Community: Principles for Social Work Practice in Housing Settings
Carol S. Cohen and Michael H. Phillips
* Social Support and Depression among Older Adults Living Alone: The Importance of Friends within and outside of a Retirement Community
Marilyn K. Potts
Part VI: Schools and Community Development
* Community Practice and Policy Issues Revisited
Edith M. Freeman
* Alternative Stories and Narratives for Transforming Schools, Families, Communities, and Policymakers
Edith M. Freeman
* School-Linked Services in Action: Results of an Implementation Project
Terry Saunders Lane
* Portrait of a School-Based Health Center: An Ecosystemic Perspective
Linwood H. Cousins, Kai Jackson, and Michael Till
* Public Schools and the Revitalization of Impoverished Communities: School-Linked, Family Resource Centers
David R. Dupper and John Poertner
* Creating Family-Centered Integrated Service Systems and Interprofessional Educational Programs to Implement Them
Dean Corrigan and Kathleen Kirk Bishop
* An Interagency Collaboration Strategy for Linking Schools with Social and Criminal Justice Services
Donna Tapper, Paula Kleinman, and Mary Nakashian
* School-Linked Comprehensive Services: Promising Beginnings, Lessons Learned, and Future Challenges
Katharine Briar-Lawson, Hal A. Lawson, Connie Collier, and Alfred Joseph
* Establishing School-Based, Collaborative Teams to Coordinate Resources: A Case Study
Cynthia Lim and Howard S. Adelman
Part VII: Community Health Partnerships
* Building Community Capacity to Promote Social and Public Health: Challenges for Universities
Dennis L. Poole
* The SAFE Project: Community-Driven Partnerships in Health, Mental Health, and Education to Prevent Early School Failure
Dennis L. Poole
* Partnerships for Improved Service Delivery: The Newark Target Cities Project
M. Katherine Kraft and Janet E. Dickinson
* An Empowerment-Centered, Church-Based Asthma Education Program for African American Adults
Marvella E. Ford, Gloria Edwards, Juan L. Rodriguez, Rose C. Gibson, and Barbara C. Tilley
* Retooling for Community Health Partnerships in Primary Care and Prevention
Dennis L. Poole and Mary Van Hook
* Addressing At-Risk Pregnant Women’s Issues through Community, Individual, and Corporate Grassroots Efforts
Judy Balsanek
* Social Support Networks of Confidants to People with AIDS
Stephen Jankowski, Lynn Videka-Sherman, and Karen Laquidara-Dickinson
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Index
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