ABSTRACT
Starting from the premise that our health status, vulnerability to accidents and disease, and life spans – as individuals and communities – are determined by the organization, delivery, and financing (or lack thereof) of health care, this book explores how educators and community caretakers teach the complex web of inter-connection between the micro level of individual health and well-being and the macro level of larger social structures. Through the lenses of courses in anthropology, ESL, gerontology, management information systems, nursing, nutrition, psychology, public health, and sociology, the contributors offer examples of intergenerational and interdisciplinary practice, and share cutting-edge academic creativity to model how to employ community service learning to promote social change.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Section One|54 pages
Models of Community Engagement
chapter 3|12 pages
Preparing Future Nurses for a Life of Civic Engagement
part Section Two|69 pages
Cross-Cultural Competencies
chapter 5|25 pages
Immigrant Health Literacy
chapter 7|14 pages
The Role of CommunityBased Participatory Research, Civic Engagement, and Service Learning in Reducing Health Disparities
part Section Three|88 pages
Community Partnerships