Community Organizing for Health Care
An Analysis of the Process
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6077048 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karabi Bezboruah (0000-0001-6070-2010, The University of Texas at Arlington, corresponding author), Karabi C Bezboruah |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 9-27 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Community Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1070-5422 • E-ISSN: 1543-3706 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10705422.2013.788328 |
| OpenAlex | W2067278282 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 33 |
This article examines the community organizing process for better health services for disenfranchised populations that cannot afford medical care in an affluent community. In response, concerned citizens and voluntary organizations have attempted to organize to transform policies and to implement new healthcare services. The author adopts a researcher participant role and examines the organizing process by studying six nonprofit agencies, one public health office, and shadowing the community organizer. The paper concludes that community organizing can be an especially challenging process when strategies are misaligned, stakeholders are dissentaneous, the public is apathetic to needs of low-income people, and solutions are diverse
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2023 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |