Promoting Health and Wellness in Underserved Communities
Multidisciplinary Perspectives Through Service Learning

Edited by Anabel Pelham ,  Elizabeth Sills
Series Edited by Gerald S. Eisman
Foreword by Robert A. Corrigan
Paper: 978 1 57922 241 3
Price: $29.95
Published: December 2010 

Cloth: 978 1 57922 240 6
Price: $75.00
Published: December 2010 

Ebook: 978 1 57922 568 1
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Published: February 2012 

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Publisher: Stylus Publishing
260 pp., 6" x 9"
Series: Service Learning for Civic Engagement Series
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:
Acknowledgments
Foreword – Robert A. Corrigan
About This Series – Gerald S. Eisman
Activity/Methodology Table
Contributors
Introduction – Anabel Pelham and Elizabeth Sills

Section One: Models Of Community Engagement
1. Reaffirming The Role Of Service Learning In Public Health Curricula – Veronica Acosta-Deprez And Tony Sinay
2. Connections Across Generations: Dialogue Groups Bridge The Generation Gap – Madeleine Rose
3. Preparing Future Nurses For A Life Of Civic Engagement: The Disaster Preparedness For Vulnerable Populations Project – Lynette Landry and Harvey Davis
4. Cultivating Healthy Habits: Food, Gardens, and Community-Based Learning – Debora Hammond

Section Two: Cross-Cultural Competencies
5. Immigrant Health Literacy: Reaching Across Languages, Cultures, and Disciplines In Service – Daryl M. Gordon, Maricel G. Santos, and Gail Weinstein
6. Community-Based Health Needs Assessments With Culturally Distinct Populations – Joachim O. F. Reimann and Dolores I. Rodri´Guez-Reimann
7. The Role Of Community-Based Participatory Research, Civic Engagement, and Service Learning In Reducing Health Disparities: An Experience Using Community Health Theaters – Helda Pinzon-Perez
8. Teaching Public Health Security Through Community-Based and Case-Based Learning – Louise Gresham, Sonja Ingmanson, and Susan Cheng

Section Three: Community Partnerships
9. From Projects To Partnership: Using Ethnography To Engage Students – Charles N. Darrah and Katie Plante Smith
10. The Accidental Service Learner: The Role Of Graduate Education In Community Service Learning – Jonathan Sills
11. The Economy Of Abundance: Developing Service Learning On A Grand Scale In A Rapidly Changing Environment – Kathleen M. Roe, Andrea Nance, Alvin Galang, Anna Bingham, German Blanco, Ryan Duhe, and Kenneth Lee
12. Using Service Learning To Teach Community Nutrition – Marjorie Freedman
13. Affecting Community Wellness With Technology and Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration – Malu Roldan


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"In taking up the pressing topic of community health and wellness, editors Pelham and Sills emphasize how service learning can be one channel for colleges and universities not only to provide needed support to community partners, but also to promote engaged and experiential learning for their students. With examples from disciplines based in the health sciences as well as those at further removes, such as anthropology and English language learning, the book suggests multiple projects that institutions can implement to the benefit of both students and communities. Part of a series on "service learning for civic engagement," the volume views this topic through the lens of public health and is a strong resource for faculty in related fields."
- Diversity and Democracy
"This volume illustrates the can-do idealistic virtue of volunteerism and teamwork and the pioneering spirit of solving social problems with elegant examples of intergenerational and interdisciplinary practice. Each of the contributors to Promoting Health and Wellness in Underserved Communities shares cutting-edge academic creativity to offer models to employ community service learning to promote social change. The contributions provide panoply of exemplary practices, insights, and course materials to enhance civic learning. Each of the chapters illustrates the amazing diversity, energy, creativity, and service orientation brought to California State University classrooms. The monographs in this series are suitable for interdisciplinary studies, faculty and student learning circles, thematic course clusters, and other forms of integrative learning where service learning is a primary method of delivery."
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