People and the communities they are a part of—defined as “groups of people affiliated by
geographic proximity... or similar situations to address issues affecting the well-being of …

Although a growing body of evidence underscores the contributions of community-based
participatory research, community coalitions and other community engagement approaches …

Making health a shared value is central to building a culture of health, a new action
framework intended to spur faster progress toward equitable health outcomes in the United …

In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than
others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status …

Various methods, approaches, and strategies designed to understand and reduce health
disparities, increase health equity, and promote community and population health have …

Community engagement describes a complex political process with dynamic negotiation
and renegotiation of power and authority between providers and recipients of health care in …

Objective: To better understand community participation in nonprofit hospital–directed
community health assessment and health improvement planning activities. Design: Using a …

Introduction. Although there is general agreement about the complex interplay among
individual-, family-, organizational-, and community-level factors as they influence health …

Objective To understand potential for multi-sector partnerships among community-based
organizations and publicly funded health systems to implement health improvement …

Context Patients and community members are engaged in nearly every aspect of health
systems. However, the engagement literature remains siloed and fragmented, which makes …