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Health Services 573• Community Development for Health • Winter Quarter 2006

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Note to 572 Students: This is the reading list for HSERV 573. Click here to be transported to the readings for HSERV 572.

Week 1 (Jan. 6)

• Welcome to 573!

Read for Week 2 (Jan 13):

• Klinenberg essay, "When Chicago Baked," 9/2/05
• Lyon L. The Community in Urban Society, chapter 1: The concept of community. 1987.

Read for Week 3 (Jan. 20):

• Geiger, H. Jack. Community-Oriented Primary Care: A Path to Community Development. AJPH 92:11 (11/02)

Read for Week 4 (Jan. 27):

• McIntosh P. White privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack. Peace & Freedom. July/August 1989: 10-12.

Read for Week 5 (Feb. 3):

• Hardin, Garrett. The Tragedy of the Commons. 1968.

Week 6 (Feb. 10):

• Putnam, R. The Prosperous Community; Social Capital and Public Life. The American Prospect, sp 1993.

• Cottrell, L. The Competent Community. Chapter 11 of Further Explorations in Social Psychiatry. 1976.

Week 7 (Feb. 17):

• Think!

Week 8 (Feb. 24):

• Barr, Stringfellow. Note on Dialogue. St. John's College, Annapolis/Santa Fe, 1968.

Week 9 (March 3):

• Norden E. interview: Saul Alinsky, a candid conversation with the feisty radical organizer. Playboy. 1972

Week 10 (March 10):

• Loeb, P. Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in a Cynical Time. Utne Reader. July-August 1999
• Chong, D. Collective Action and the Civil Rights Movement. Chapter 1, and p. 107-109.

Optional (Yet Fascinating) Readings

• Fisher R, Ury W. Getting to Yes, chapter three: Focus on Interests, Not Positions. Penguin Books. 1981.
• Kroll BS. Guide to Conducting Focus Group Research. Rainbow Research Inc. May, 1995.
• Chong, D. Collective Action and the Civil Rights Movement. Chapter 1, and p. 107-109. Cottrell, L.
• The Competent Community. Chapter 11 of Further Explorations in Social Psychiatry. 1976.
• Putnam, R. Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital. Journal of Democracy. 6:1, Jan 1995.
• Ture, Kwame & Charles Hamilton, "White Power: The Colonial Situation," chapter in the book, Black Power.
• Recommended: Garrow DJ. Bearing the Cross. Morrow & Co., New York. 1986. Chapter one: The Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• Recommended: Lebowitz, Fran. Fran Lebowitz on Race. Vanity Fair, p. 220-224, October 1997.
• Sarasohn, D. Taking (Back) the Initiative. The Nation. June 18, 2001.
• Skim: Delbecq, A. Chapter 3: Guidelines for Conducting NGT Meetings, Group Techniques for Program Planning.
• Galen Institute: http://www.galen.org/news/201/010901.html
• Erenreich, B. The Snarling Citizen. 1995. An Epidemic of Munchausen's Syndrome, p. 190.
• Goeppinger, J. Community Competence: A Positive approach to Needs Assessment. American Journal of Community Psychology, 1985.
• Burbank, J. Debunking the Social Security Myth. Seattle P-I, Focus Section. 8/15/99.
• Economic Opportunity Institute fact sheet (two pages). 2002.
• Thomas-Kilman Conflict Mode instrument
• The Predictive Index: Organization Survey Checklist
• Bobo, K. Organizing for Social Change. 1991. Chapters 3-4.
• Open space technology: http://www.facilitators.com/open_space_technology_facilitation.htm Definition of Social Environment by Eliz Barnett & Michele Casper
• Definition of Social Environment by Eliz Barnett & Michele Casper
• Coburn, David. Income inequality, social cohesion and the health status of populations: the role of neo-liberalism. Social Science & medicine 51 (2000).
• Bezruchka, S. Is Our Society Making You Sick? Newsweek magazine. February 26, 2001.
• House, P. In Defense of Grass. Ballard News-Tribune, 11/22/00.
• Rogers, MB. Cold Anger: A Story of Faith and Power Politics. 1990. Chapter 11.
• Besleme K, Mullin M. Community indicators and healthy communities. National Civic Review. 1997.
• Baker B. Sustainable Community Checklist. NW Policy Center, Graduate School of Public Affairs. 1996.
• Berry, Wendell. In the Presence of Fear: Three Essays for a Changed World. Orion 2001. (read essay #2: The Idea of a Local Economy, pages 11-33.)
• Parker, W. The Art of Deliberation. Educational Leadership. 2/97: 18-21.
• Payne, Ruby. Speaking their Language: working with Students and Adults from Poverty. Infocus.
• Kawachi, Ichiro and Bruce Kennedy. The Health of Nations: Why Inequality is Harmful to Your Health. The New Press. 2002. Chapters 3 & 5.
• Flower J. Beyond Economics: Healthy Communities and Healthy Economies. National Civic Review. 1997.
• Hardin, Garrett. The Tragedy of the Commons. 1968.
• Kemmis, D. Community and the Politics of Place. 1990. Chapter 5, p. 44-49, & chapter 8, p. 109-118.
• Kunstler JH. Auto-Slum Nation. Speech to the 1997 Seaside Property owners Annual Meeting.
• Satel, Sally. The Indoctrinologists are Coming. Atlantic Monthly magazine, Jan 2001.
• Minkler M. Improving Health Through Community Organization, Health Behavior and Health Organization.
• Duhl LJ. Leadership in American Communities. Nat Civic Rev. 1997
• Erenreich, B. The Snarling Citizen. 1995. Maintaining the Crime Supply, p. 156.
• Tidbits: the UW's Principles of Community-Based Research; Daily Diet of Tribal Connection quiz; and Starfield, Barbara: Is equity a scientific issue?
• Mechanic, David. Rediscovering the Social Determinants of Health. Health Affairs May-June, 2000.
• Fawcett SB. Some values guiding community research and action. J Appl Behav Anal. 1991.
• Israel BA, Checkoway B, Schulz A, Zimmerman M. Health education and community empowerment: Conceptualizing & measuring perceptions of individual, organizational, & community control. Health Ed Q. 1994
• Rossi, Peter H. Evaluating Community Development Programs: Problems and Prospects. Chapter in Urban Problems and Community Development by Ronald F. Ferguson. 1999.
• Alinsky, S. Rules for Radicals. 1971. Chapter 1: The Purpose.
• Levy, J. Cesar Chavez: Autobiography of La Causa. 1975. Prologue.
• Greider, W. Who Will Tell the People? 1992. Chapter 9.
• Schwarz, J. "Research shows protests get action on the environment" University Week, Aug 19, 2004.