1. Reflection: Working Toward Peaceful, Healthy Communities
- Author
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Donald L Gault
- Subjects
lcsh:Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology ,Community organizing ,medicine.medical_specialty ,community partnerships ,Appreciative inquiry ,lcsh:Organizational behaviour, change and effectiveness. Corporate culture ,business.industry ,Public health ,Best practice ,public health ,primary prevention ,appreciative inquiry ,Public relations ,family violence prevention and intervention ,community systems organizing ,lcsh:GN301-674 ,lcsh:HD58.7-58.95 ,Work (electrical) ,Political science ,Primary prevention ,General partnership ,medicine ,Domestic violence ,business - Abstract
Family violence is a pervasive problem locally, nationally, and worldwide. Since 1990, staff from Saint Paul-Ramsey County (Minnesota) Public Health have worked with hundreds of community members and organizations in a unique partnership approach to preventing violence. The process of developing and sustaining this unique partnership is described, as well impacts and outcomes from work developed and implemented over 25 years of sustained efforts. Implications for practice in community organizing and partnership, violence prevention, public health, and adherence to evidence- and research-based best practice models are discussed.
- Published
- 2016
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