Promoting health and wellness in underserved communities multidisciplinary perspectives through service learning - Pelham, Anabel O.; Sills, Elizabeth 1971-. (Sterling, Va. Stylus Pub., 2009)
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 / Madeleine Rose -- 3. Preparing Future Nurses for A Life of Civic Engagement / Lynette Landry and Harvey Davis -- 4. Cultivating Healthy Habits / Debora Hammond -- Section Two: Cross Cultural Competencies -- 5. Immigrant Health Literacy / 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. Rodriguez-Reimann -- 7. The Role of Community- Based Paticipatory Research, Civic Engagement and Service Learning in Reducing Health Dispaities / Helda Pinzon-Perez -- 8. Teaching Public Health Security Through Community-Based and Case Based Learning / Louse Greshman, Sonja Ingmanson, and Susan Cheng -- Section Three: Community Partnerships -- 9. From Projects to Partnerships / Charles N. Dararh and Katie Plante Smith -- 10. The Accidental Service Learner / Jonathan Sills -- The Economy of Abudance / 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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Health promotion; Community health services; Medically underserved areas