title: Comprehensive community building initiatives--ten years later: what we have learned about the principles guiding the work.
abstract: Community building places emphasis on resident engagement, collaboration, and other elements of a more community-driven approach. For the past ten years, we have learned a lot about how to value the principles of community building and have become more strategic about how to make them work. The chapter offers a brief look at this learning and what community building should focus on as we move forward.
authors.affiliation: Roundtable for Community Change, Aspen Institute, USA.
authors.forename: Anne C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Kubisch
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019058:Community Networks; D003256:Community Participation; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012922:Social Change; D012944:Social Support; D014481:United States