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The KU Work Group offers a variety of publications to support the work of promoting community health and development, including our Community Tool Box Curriculum. These reflect a 30 year history of applied research, teaching, and public service.
The featured reprints (listed below are in PDF format) illustrate our group's work in developing frameworks and practical methods for participatory evaluation, intervention research, and application with community initiatives. If you need the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader, please download it from the Adobe website.
SELECTED ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS
Some Frameworks and Models for Building Healthier Communities
Building Healthy Communities
[Citation] [PDF]
Understanding and Improving the Work of Community Health and Development
[Citation] [PDF]
A Review of Collaborative Partnerships as a Strategy for Improving Community Health
[Citation & Abstract] [PDF]
A Model Memorandum of Collaboration: A Proposal
[Citation & Abstract] [PDF]
Promoting Health Through Community Development
[Citation] [PDF]
Some Values Guiding Community Research and Action
[Citation & Abstract] [PDF]
Some Emerging Standards for Community Research and Action
[Citation] [PDF]
Using Empowerment Theory in Collaborative Partnerships for Community Health and Development
[Citation & Abstract] [PDF]
Some Lessons on Community Organization and Change
[Citation] [PDF]
Evaluating Comprehensive Community Initiatives: A Bill of Rights and Responsibilities
[Citation] [PDF]
A Framework for Community Mobilization to Promote Healthy Youth Development
[Citation] [PDF]
Methods of Partcipatory Research, Intervention, and Capacity Building
Building Capacity for Participatory Evaluation Within Community Initiatives
[Citation & Abstract] [PDF]
A Methodology for Monitoring and Evaluating Community Health Coalitions
[Citation & Abstract] [PDF]
Empowering Community Health Initiatives Through Evaluation
[Citation] [PDF]
Assessing Community Health Concerns and Implementing a Microgrant Program for Self-Help Initiatives
[Citation] [PDF]
Evaluating Community Initiatives for Health and Development
[Citation] [PDF]
The Community Tool Box: A Web-Based Resource for Building Healthier Communities
[Citation & Abstract] [PDF]
Using Internet-based Tools to Build Capacity for Community-based Participatory Research and Other Efforts to Promote Community Health and Development
[Citation] [PDF]
Using Information Systems to Build Capactiy: A Public Health Improvement Tool Box
[Citation & Abstract] [PDF]
Using Internet Technology for Capacity Development in Communities: The Case of the Community Tool Box
[Citation] [PDF]
CADCA National Coalition Institute’s Research Into Action: Strategic Planning and Implementation Key to Coalition Success
[Citation] [article]
llustrative Case Studies and Applications:
Evaluating Community Coalitions for Prevention of Substance Abuse: The Case of Project Freedom
[Citation & Abstract] [PDF]
Replicating a Community Initiative for Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy: From South Carolina to Kansas
[Citation & Abstract] [PDF]
Effects of a Replication of a Multicomponent Model for Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy in Three Kansas Communities
[Citation & Abstract] [PDF]
Some Experiential Lessons in Supporting and Evaluating Community-based Initiatives for Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy
[Citation & Abstract] [PDF]
Reducing the Risk for Adolescent Pregnancy: Evaluation of a School/Community Partnership in a Midwestern Military Community
[Citation & Abstract] [PDF]
Analyzing the Contribution of Community Change to Population Health Outcomes in an Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Initiative
[Citation & Abstract] [PDF]
Reducing Elementary School Children's Risks for Chronic Diseases through School Lunch Modifications, Nutrition Education, and Physical Activity Interventions
[Citation & Abstract] [PDF]
Evaluating a Statewide Partnership for Reducing Risks for Chronic Diseases
[Citation & Abstract] [PDF]
Community Partnerships: A Review of Selected Models and Evaluation of Two Case Studies
[Citation & Abstract] [PDF]
Measuring the Health Environment for Physical Activity and Nutrition Among Youth: A Review of the Literature and Applications for Community Initiatives
[Citation & Abstract] [PDF]
Promoting Sustainability of Community Health Initiatives: An Empirical Case Study
[Citation & Abstract] [PDF]
Analyzing a Community-based Coaltion's Efforts to Reduce Health Disparitiesand the Risk for Chronic Disease in Kansas City, Missouri
[Citation & Abstract] [PDF]
Differential Effects of Strategic Planning on Community Change
in Two Urban Neighborhood Coalitions
[Citation & Abstract] [PDF]
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