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Health Services 572/573 • Community Development for Health • Spring Quarter 2009

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Course Pack : Available at the South Campus Center University Bookstore; and
Book: Dreams from My Father, by Barack Obama . Read Part Two: Chicago. (Available from on-line booksellers. We recommend AbeBooks.com.

Packet 1 (Read by April 5)

• Putnam, R. The Prosperous Community; Social Capital and Public Life. The American Prospect, sp 1993.19

• Cottrell, L. The Competent Community. Chapter 11 of Further Explorations in Social Psychiatry. 1976.

Packet 2 (Read by April 12)

• Staples, L,  “Selecting and Cutting the Issue” in Community Organizing and Community Building for Health, edited by Minkler, M, 2nd Edition, Chapter 10.)

Packet 3 (Read by April 19)

• McIntosh P. “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack.” Peace & Freedom. July/August 1989: 10-12.19

• Gutierrez, L; and Lewis, E: “Education, Participation, and Capacity Building in Community Organizing with Women of Color,” in Community Organizing and Community Building for Health, edited by Minkler, M, 2nd Edition, Chapter 13.)

Packet 4 (Read by April 26)

• Lebowitz, Fran. Fran Lebowitz on Race. Vanity Fair, p. 220-224, October 1997

• McDonald, M; Sarche, J; and Wang, C;  “Using the Arts in Community Organizing and Community Building” in Community Organizing and Community Building for Health, edited by Minkler, M, 2nd Edition, Chapter 19.

Packet 5 (Read by May 3)

• Garrow, DJ. Bearing the Cross. Morrow & Co., New York. 1986. Chapter One: The Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Packet 6 (Read by May 10)

• Hardin, Garrett. “The Tragedy of the Commons.” Science, Vol. 162, 13 Dec. 1968.

• Berkes, F., “The Benefits of the Commons.”  Nature, Vol. 340, 13 July 1989.

Packet 7 (Read by May 17)

• Wallerstein, N; Sanchez, V; Velarde, L “Freirian Praxis in Health Education and Community Organizing” in Community Organizing and Community Building for Health, edited by Minkler, M, 2nd Edition, Chapter 12.)

Packet 8 (Read by May 24)

• Kroll BS. Guide to Conducting Focus Group Research. Rainbow Research Inc. May, 1995.

• Kieffer, GD, The Strategy of Meetings, Introduction and Part 1, pp. 11 – 50, Warner Books, 1988.

Packet 9 (Read by May 31)

• Minkler, M; Wallerstein, N; Community-Based Participatory Research for Health, Introduction, pp. 3-26, Jossey-Bass, 2003.
  

Optional (Yet Fascinating) Readings

• Putnam, R. Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital. Journal of Democracy. 6:1, Jan 1995.
• Sarasohn, D. Taking (Back) the Initiative. The Nation. June 18, 2001.
• Galen Institute: http://www.galen.org/news/201/010901.html
• Erenreich, B. The Snarling Citizen. 1995. An Epidemic of Munchausen's Syndrome, p. 190.
• Goeppinger, J. Community Competence: A Positive approach to Needs Assessment. American Journal of Community Psychology, 1985.
• Burbank, J. Debunking the Social Security Myth. Seattle P-I, Focus Section. 8/15/99.
• Economic Opportunity Institute fact sheet (two pages). 2002.
• Thomas-Kilman Conflict Mode instrument
• The Predictive Index: Organization Survey Checklist
• Bobo, K. Organizing for Social Change. 1991. Chapters 3-4.
• Open space technology: http://www.facilitators.com/open_space_technology_facilitation.htm Definition of Social Environment by Eliz Barnett & Michele Casper
• Definition of Social Environment by Eliz Barnett & Michele Casper
• Coburn, David. Income inequality, social cohesion and the health status of populations: the role of neo-liberalism. Social Science & medicine 51 (2000).
• Bezruchka, S. Is Our Society Making You Sick? Newsweek magazine. February 26, 2001.
• House, P. In Defense of Grass. Ballard News-Tribune, 11/22/00.
• Rogers, MB. Cold Anger: A Story of Faith and Power Politics. 1990. Chapter 11.
• Besleme K, Mullin M. Community indicators and healthy communities. National Civic Review. 1997.
• Baker B. Sustainable Community Checklist. NW Policy Center, Graduate School of Public Affairs. 1996.
• Berry, Wendell. In the Presence of Fear: Three Essays for a Changed World. Orion 2001. (read essay #2: The Idea of a Local Economy, pages 11-33.)
• Parker, W. The Art of Deliberation. Educational Leadership. 2/97: 18-21.
• Payne, Ruby. Speaking their Language: working with Students and Adults from Poverty. Infocus.
• Kawachi, Ichiro and Bruce Kennedy. The Health of Nations: Why Inequality is Harmful to Your Health. The New Press. 2002. Chapters 3 & 5.
• Flower J. Beyond Economics: Healthy Communities and Healthy Economies. National Civic Review. 1997.
• Hardin, Garrett. The Tragedy of the Commons. 1968.
• Kemmis, D. Community and the Politics of Place. 1990. Chapter 5, p. 44-49, & chapter 8, p. 109-118.
• Kunstler JH. Auto-Slum Nation. Speech to the 1997 Seaside Property owners Annual Meeting.
• Satel, Sally. The Indoctrinologists are Coming. Atlantic Monthly magazine, Jan 2001.
• Minkler M. Improving Health Through Community Organization, Health Behavior and Health Organization.
• Duhl LJ. Leadership in American Communities. Nat Civic Rev. 1997
• Erenreich, B. The Snarling Citizen. 1995. Maintaining the Crime Supply, p. 156.
• Tidbits: the UW's Principles of Community-Based Research; Daily Diet of Tribal Connection quiz; and Starfield, Barbara: Is equity a scientific issue?
• Mechanic, David. Rediscovering the Social Determinants of Health. Health Affairs May-June, 2000.
• Fawcett SB. Some values guiding community research and action. J Appl Behav Anal. 1991.
• Israel BA, Checkoway B, Schulz A, Zimmerman M. Health education and community empowerment: Conceptualizing & measuring perceptions of individual, organizational, & community control. Health Ed Q. 1994
• Rossi, Peter H. Evaluating Community Development Programs: Problems and Prospects. Chapter in Urban Problems and Community Development by Ronald F. Ferguson. 1999.
• Alinsky, S. Rules for Radicals. 1971. Chapter 1: The Purpose.
• Levy, J. Cesar Chavez: Autobiography of La Causa. 1975. Prologue.
• Greider, W. Who Will Tell the People? 1992. Chapter 9.
• Schwarz, J. "Research shows protests get action on the environment" University Week, Aug 19, 2004.