title: The future of community coalition building.
abstract: The future holds great promise for community coalitions as powerful interventions for community change. Community change is envisioned as: working with whole communities; increasing grassroots and civic engagement; promoting diversity, collaboration and, advocacy; increasing roles for professional technical assistance and evaluation; future changes in the role of government; and the building of healthy communities. Examples of these dimensions follow, as contributed by activists from a wide range of fields.
authors.affiliation: AHEC/Community Partners, Office of Community Programs, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 24 South Prospect Street, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002, USA. twolff@ahecpartners.org
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authors.lastname: Wolff
mesh_terms: D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D003256:Community Participation; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003254:Consumer Advocacy; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005544:Forecasting; D006265:Health Care Coalitions / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D011593:Psychology, Social; D014481:United States