Thomas Wolff
Biographic Data
| ID | 3736435 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Wolff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Wolff |
| SIGNATURE | WOLFF T |
| AFFILIATIONS | AHEC/Community Partners, Office of Community Programs University of Massachusetts Medical School Amherst Massachusetts |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9877-1097 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 52 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Concluding Remarks
A Practitioner's Guide to Successful Coalitions
The highly complex practice of building successful community coalitions is explored. Key dimensions related to coalition success are identified and best practices are delineated. Nine dimensions are explored that are critical to coalition success: coalition readiness, intentionality, structure and organizational capacity, taking action, membership, leadership, dollars and resources, relationships, and technical assistance. Two coalition case stud…
Community Coalition Building—Contemporary Practice and Research: Introduction
Over the last 20 years, coalition building has become a prominent intervention employed in communities across America. Coalitions provide community psychologists and those in related fields with a chance to work with whole communities and to better understand how to create community change. As we reflect on the past two decades of community coalition building, there are many questions to be answered about this phenomenon. Why has there been such …
The Future of Community Coalition Building
The future holds great promise for community coalitions as powerful interventions for community change. Community change is envisioned as: working with whole communities; increasing grassroots and civic engagement; promoting diversity, collaboration and, advocacy; increasing roles for professional technical assistance and evaluation; future changes in the role of government; and the building of healthy communities. Examples of these dimensions fo…
Roundtable Discussion and Final Comments
Division 27 award for distinguished practice in community psychology: Thomas Wolff
The community and deinstitutionalization: A model for working with municipalities
Mexican-Guatemalan Imbroglio: Fishery Rights and National Honor
At seven o'clock on the morning of December 31,1958, President Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes of Guatemala ordered his Air Force to bombard and sink vessels manned by Mexican nationals fishing clandestinely in his country's territorial waters. Simultaneously, his message was transmitted to Mexican and United States authorities in Guatemala. Ninety minutes later, after warning the fishermen through loudspeakers to proceed to the Guatemalan port of Champe…
The Karankawa Indians: Their Conflict with the White Man in Texas
The Karankawa Indians, whose aboriginal homeland was on the east coast of Texas, were first encountered by non-Indians when Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and his men came upon them soon after A. D. 1528. From then until the demise of the Karankawa in 1858 the relationship between these Indians and Spaniards, Frenchmen, Englishmen, Mexicans and Anglo-Americans passed through various phases, all of which are outlined here
Community Coalition Building—Contemporary Practice and Research: Introduction
Over the last 20 years, coalition building has become a prominent intervention employed in communities across America. Coalitions provide community psychologists and those in related fields with a chance to work with whole communities and to better understand how to create community change. As we reflect on the past two decades of community coalition building, there are many questions to be answered about this phenomenon. Why has there been such …
A Practitioner's Guide to Successful Coalitions
The highly complex practice of building successful community coalitions is explored. Key dimensions related to coalition success are identified and best practices are delineated. Nine dimensions are explored that are critical to coalition success: coalition readiness, intentionality, structure and organizational capacity, taking action, membership, leadership, dollars and resources, relationships, and technical assistance. Two coalition case stud…
The Future of Community Coalition Building
The future holds great promise for community coalitions as powerful interventions for community change. Community change is envisioned as: working with whole communities; increasing grassroots and civic engagement; promoting diversity, collaboration and, advocacy; increasing roles for professional technical assistance and evaluation; future changes in the role of government; and the building of healthy communities. Examples of these dimensions fo…
Roundtable Discussion and Final Comments
The Karankawa Indians: Their Conflict with the White Man in Texas
The Karankawa Indians, whose aboriginal homeland was on the east coast of Texas, were first encountered by non-Indians when Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and his men came upon them soon after A. D. 1528. From then until the demise of the Karankawa in 1858 the relationship between these Indians and Spaniards, Frenchmen, Englishmen, Mexicans and Anglo-Americans passed through various phases, all of which are outlined here
Mexican-Guatemalan Imbroglio: Fishery Rights and National Honor
At seven o'clock on the morning of December 31,1958, President Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes of Guatemala ordered his Air Force to bombard and sink vessels manned by Mexican nationals fishing clandestinely in his country's territorial waters. Simultaneously, his message was transmitted to Mexican and United States authorities in Guatemala. Ninety minutes later, after warning the fishermen through loudspeakers to proceed to the Guatemalan port of Champe…
The community and deinstitutionalization: A model for working with municipalities
Division 27 award for distinguished practice in community psychology: Thomas Wolff
Concluding Remarks
A Practitioner's Guide to Successful Coalitions
The highly complex practice of building successful community coalitions is explored. Key dimensions related to coalition success are identified and best practices are delineated. Nine dimensions are explored that are critical to coalition success: coalition readiness, intentionality, structure and organizational capacity, taking action, membership, leadership, dollars and resources, relationships, and technical assistance. Two coalition case stud…
Community Coalition Building—Contemporary Practice and Research: Introduction
Over the last 20 years, coalition building has become a prominent intervention employed in communities across America. Coalitions provide community psychologists and those in related fields with a chance to work with whole communities and to better understand how to create community change. As we reflect on the past two decades of community coalition building, there are many questions to be answered about this phenomenon. Why has there been such …
The Future of Community Coalition Building
The future holds great promise for community coalitions as powerful interventions for community change. Community change is envisioned as: working with whole communities; increasing grassroots and civic engagement; promoting diversity, collaboration and, advocacy; increasing roles for professional technical assistance and evaluation; future changes in the role of government; and the building of healthy communities. Examples of these dimensions fo…
Roundtable Discussion and Final Comments
Sociology (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Community Health and Development (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Citation (4 works) · Health psychology (4 works) · Library science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Public health (4 works)