This book highlights the role of citizens in solving public problems. Part 1 presents the insights of several successful Americans to show why the rethinking of self-interest, power, and public life is the key to bringing new meaning into the lives of Americans. Part 2 describes changes occurring across the United States, which are conceptualized…

The Healthy Start Initiative is a national 5-year demonstration program that uses a broad range of community-driven, system development approaches to reduce infant mortality and improve the health and well-being of women, infants, children, and families. This volume, fifth in the series, deals with the topic of collaborating with managed care…

The work of the adult educators, Moses Coady in Novia Scotia (1920s and 1930s) and Paulo Freire in Brazil (1950s and 1960s) can be examined comparatively. Both men viewed adult education as a tool for social change. Both responded to endemic poverty, dysfunctional outside control, and lack of cooperative initiative from within. They would agree…

The Healthy Start Initiative is a national 5-year demonstration program that uses a broad range of community-driven, system development approaches to reduce infant mortality and improve the health and well-being of women, infants, children, and families. This volume, fourth in the series, deals with the topic of community outreach and is based on…