Arxer / Murphy Community-Based Health Interventions in an Institutional Context

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-24654-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 196 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: International Perspectives on Social Policy, Administration, and Practice

Community-Based Health Interventions in an Institutional Context
 examines challenges of "institutionalizing" community-based health care. While the community-based or localized model is growing in popularity and importance in the United States, in practice it must often be brought in to larger institutions in order to grow to scale. The typical goals of an institution—standardization, formalization, and control—may be seen as antithetical to those of a community-based healthcare provider, such as spontaneity, customization, and flexibility. 

The contributions to this work raise questions about how the community-based model can be scaled up through institutions, and how "institutionalization" can be rethought from a bottom-up approach. They provide not only an overview of community-based organizations, but also delve into practical topics such as establishing budgets, training workers, incorporating technology, as well as more theoretical topics like goal-setting, policy effects (like the ACA), and relationships between patient and community.

This work will be of interest for researchers interested in exploring the community-based health care model, as well as practitioners in health care and health policy.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Arxer, Steven L.

Murphy, John W.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- A Community-Based Organization.- Establishing Community-Based Primary Health Care.- Community-Based Funding and Budgeting: Participatory Budgeting as a Transformative Act.- Aims of a Community-Based Research Program.- Training Community-Based Health Workers.- Creating a Community Health Worker Training Program.- Is the Affordable Care Act Encouraging Hospitals to Engage their Communities.- Community-Based Political Interventions.- Re-Examining the Role of Patients in Community-Based Interventions.- Work as Health: Tensions of Imposing Work Requirements to Medicaid Patients in the United States.- Overcoming Institutional Barriers Faced by Community-Based Health Care Institutions.- Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Steven L. Arxer
is assistant professor of sociology at the University of North Texas at Dallas. He earned his doctoral degree from the University of Florida. He has published papers in the journals of Humanity & Society and Qualitative Sociology Review and has contributed to several edited volumes, including The Symbolization of Globalization, Development, and Aging (Springer, 2013). His research interests are globalization, NGOs, and gender mainstreaming.
John W. Murphy
is professor of sociology at the University of Miami. He received his doctoral degree in 1981 from Ohio State University. His research interests are sociological theory, social philosophy, and globalization. He has published books related to the community mental health movement, the computerization of social service agencies, and contemporary social theory, including The Symbolization of Globalization, Development, and Aging (Springer, 2013).