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American Indian/Alaskan Native grandparents raising grandchildren: findings from the census 2000 ...
Esme Fuller-Thomson, Meredith Minkler

Thomson Gale, 2005

This digital document is an article from Social Work, published by Thomson Gale on April 1, 2005. The length of the article is 6153 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. From the author: KEY WORDS: American Indian/Alaskan Natives; custodial grandparents; ...

Community-Based Participatory Research for Health: From Process to Outcomes

Jossey-Bass, 2008

Minkler and Wallerstein have pulled together a fantastic set of contributions from the leading researchers in the field. In addition to a fine collection of case studies, this book puts the key issues for researchers and practitioners in a historical, philosophical, and applied, practical context

Community Organizing and Community Building for Health

1 review

Rutgers University Press, 2004

It's a tome, but a must-read tome.
We read this book for a grad school class, and it was the best book I read as a grad student. Each chapter is organized into two parts, a theoretical treatment followed by an in-depth case study. Although it's a bit heady, the book is also extremely practical. The field of community building/organizing is obviously practice-oriented, but some solid theory has been needed for at least a ...

Critical Gerontology: Perspectives from Political and Moral Economy (Policy, Politics, Health, and Medicine ...

Baywood Pub Co, 1998

This refreshing book uses broad political and moral economy perspectives to explore the intersections of race, class, gender and aging and how these help determine the experience of aging and growing old. The twenty chapter volume includes new contributions by many of the top names in critical gerontology. Both political and economic factors, and those shared norms about fairness and obligation that help shape our aging policies, are examined in ...

Community-based participatory research as a tool for policy change: a case study of the Southern California ...
Dana Petersen, Meredith Minkler, ...

Thomson Gale, 2006

This digital document is an article from The Review of Policy Research, published by Thomson Gale on March 1, 2006. The length of the article is 7787 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Community-based participatory research as ...

AFRICAN AMERICAN GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN: A National Profile of Demographic and Health ...
Esme Fuller-Thomson, Meredith Minkler

National Association of Social Workers, 2000

This digital document is an article from Health and Social Work, published by National Association of Social Workers on May 1, 2000. The length of the article is 6258 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: AFRICAN AMERICAN ...

Community-Based Participatory Research for Health
Meredith Minkler, Nina Wallerstein

Jossey-Bass, 2002

Meredith Minkler and Nina Wallerstein have brought together, in one important volume, a stellar panel of contributors who offer a comprehensive resource on the theory and application of community based participatory research. Community Based Participatory Research for Health contains information on a wide variety of topics including planning and conducting research, working with communities, promoting social change, and core research methods. ...

Readings in the Political Economy of Aging (Policy, Politics, Health, and Medicine Series)
Meredith Minkler

Baywood Pub Co, 1984

Sixteen important essays which address many issues from a new perspective suggested by the experience of aging in America. While most treatments examine the aging issue in isolation, this groundbreaking study explores the larger political, social, and economic realities which have an impact on Americans as they grow older.

"Successful aging:" a disability Perspective.: An article from: Journal of Disability Policy Studies
Meredith Minkler, Pamela Fadem

Pro-Ed, 2002

This digital document is an article from Journal of Disability Policy Studies, published by Pro-Ed on March 22, 2002. The length of the article is 5802 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: "Successful aging:" a disability ...

Facilitators of well-functioning consortia: national healthy start program lessons.: An article from: Health ...
Mildred Thompson, Meredith Minkler, ...

National Association of Social Workers, 2003

This digital document is an article from Health and Social Work, published by National Association of Social Workers on August 1, 2003. The length of the article is 6975 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. From the author: Key words community ...

Critical Perspectives on Aging: The Political and Moral Economy of Growing Old (Policy, Politics, Health and ...

Baywood Pub Co, 1991

ABOUT THE BOOK This unique volume brings together 20 critical essays on aging within the context of the broad social, political, and economic factors that help shape and determine the realities of growing old. Rather than viewing aging in isolation, it explores the social creation of old age dependency and the profound influence of race, gender, and social class on what it means to grow old. It looks too at such topics as the "biomedicalization" ...

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