Community-Based Health Interventions in an Institutional Context

Steven L. Arxer is assistant professor of sociology at the University of North Texas at Dallas. He earned his doctoral degree from the University of Florida. He has published papers in the journals of Humanity & Society and Qualitative Sociology Review and has contributed to several edited volumes, including The Symbolization of Globalization, Development, and Aging (Springer, 2013). His research interests are globalization, NGOs, and gender mainstreaming.John W. Murphy is professor of sociology at the University of Miami. He received his doctoral degree in 1981 from Ohio State University. His research interests are sociological theory, social philosophy, and globalization. He has published books related to the community mental health movement, the computerization of social service agencies, and contemporary social theory, including The Symbolization of Globalization, Development, and Aging (Springer, 2013).

• Introduction.- A Community-Based Organization.- Establishing Community-Based Primary Health Care.- Community-Based Funding and Budgeting: Participatory Budgeting as a Transformative Act.- Aims of a Community-Based Research Program.- Training Community-Based Health Workers.- Creating a Community Health Worker Training Program.- Is the Affordable Care Act Encouraging Hospitals to Engage their Communities.- Community-Based Political Interventions.- Re-Examining the Role of Patients in Community-Based Interventions.- Work as Health: Tensions of Imposing Work Requirements to Medicaid Patients in the United States.- Overcoming Institutional Barriers Faced by Community-Based Health Care Institutions.- Conclusion.