Project Management in Health and Community Services

by Dwyer Stanton & Thiessen  RRP $45.00  - Our Price $40.50 PB 224pages

A practical guide to managing projects from start to finish in the health and community services environments. This book challenges the accepted wisdom of project management methods from other fields, and presents new approaches to successfully implementing good ideas in health and community service agencies. From the inception of a good idea, to convincing your supervisor to support your project, to wrapping up a successful outcome and capturing the lessons learnt, it offers practical problem-solving strategies and provides a comprehensive guide to managing projects.

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Community Organizing and Community Building for Health

by Meredith Minkler  RRP $45.57  - Our Price $41.00 PB 420 pages

As public health problems such as HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, violence, and environmental toxins become an ever greater part of our national landscape, grassroots public health work has become all the more important. This updated and revised edition of a highly praised volume provides meaningful insights into the systems of inequality in the United States-such as race, class, and gender-that impact health. The book includes timely and powerful case studies of lessons learned and challenges faced in community building and organizing. Several more theoretical essays offer conceptual tools for creating and implementing strategies for community-based approaches to public health.

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