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Everyone has their job and is very busy. I need to form some sort of planning committee. How can I get others involved in planning programs? No one has time.

hello, I am trying to find information about the difference between working with communities and working with individuals. in particular if there are any general considerations to community work. i am also interested in ethical and practical considerations. could you please assist me in some key points and further reference points to find out more info! thanks maria

My name is Lee Land and I work at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Heather Becker and I are evaluating the Texas Comprehensive Cancer Control Coalition and are looking for short, reliable & valid instruments to use in our evaluation of the Texas Cancer Control Toolkit. Any suggestions or questionnaire materials that you may be able to provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your time, I look forward to hearing from you.

I am the coordinator of three new community gardens and am trying to come up with a few training sessions for them. Some topics I would like to cover are: Organic gardening, Community Organizing, Promoting Ownership, and Conservation. Would you be able to point me in a good direction?

Where can I find information on creating a plan for a community project I am involved in?

What techniques are there to find quality staff in a booming economy where the local grocery store is offering both $15 above minimum wage & full benefit packages to cashiers?

I am a health visitor/midwife part of new planning group for healthy children's centres in the UK, which the healthy schools programme will follow. I have written the outline health promotion, healthy eating, physical exercise and emotional health, which includes babies & pre-school chidren, parents, staff. This is to follow a evaluation document, which will be piloted at two children's centres in the county before transferring it to the other newly established children's centres in the country. I am struggling to produce a logic model, which will be similar to the healthy schools model. Any suggestions. As I am completing my MPH module on a community action plan, I wish to use this area.

What is a clear definition of a community hub?? In our inititiavite it will be a joint location for health and social services.

Hi, Thank you for your previous comprehensive reply. Households per census tract in our town range between 1,062 and 3,307. For these upper and lower limits, how many households need to respond for a statistically valid sample. Thank you!

WHEN PUTTING TOGETHER A ANTISMOKING COALITION "WHAT DIFFERENT COMMUNITY AGENCIES WOULD YOU INCLUDE.

How can this website be used by a health teacher? Is there a way to have students view how this website promotes community health? thanks!

I am working on lead poisoning prevention in children. How to write a letter to the landlords to invite them for meeting on lead abatement State loan? Same letter I would need to publish in the press to have large landlords participation in that event.

where would I find information on specific planning models such as precede-proceed, match etc?

I am looking for someone who can come to Washington State and present a one day class on social marketing to an audience of health educators working in tobacco prevention and control. We have about a $2,000 budget for travel expenses and stipends, any ideas? I manage the Tobacco Prevention Resource Center for Washington State

Greetings: I am emailing you from Brunswick, Maine. Our community is about to undertake a community asset/resource mapping process. This process is going to develop a Community for All Ages. We are interested in gathering basic information on this process of asset mapping, the how to get started pieces, software for managing the data and so forth. We have spoken with consultants, but they exceed our financial capcity for this community development. Is there any information that you can share with us or resources to direct us to, that might help us get started? Thanks for your help- Nancy J. W. Porter Community for All Ages Coordinator People Plus Brunswick, MAine 207.729.0757

I'm writing a proposal to a not-for-profit school in hopes of identifying funding to pay for a position that I may become their development director. What ideas do you have to make it a winning proposal?

Recently Butterfoss published an article in a journal and she noted that several instruments were used to evaluate the coalitions and their operating procedures. She mentioned that "all instruments are available online from the community toolbox at http://ctb.ku.edu/". When I went to that website I was unable to find those instruments. How do I access to those instruments?

Can you suggest resources that show the value of involvement and participation by community members. Our local city Housing and Neighborhood Development - HUD funded department is doing top down reorganization of input process. City council is not knowledgeable about value of participation by neighbors.