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

Coalitions and Partnerships in Community Health is designed to be used by both seasoned professionals who wish to expand their knowledge of these collaborative processes and novices who seek guidance and support.