CommunityBased Health Interventions in an Institutional Context examines challenges of "institutionalizing" communitybased health care. While the communitybased or localized model is growing in popularity and importance in the United States, in practice it must often be brought in to larger institutions in order to grow to scale. The typical goals of an institution—standardization, formalization, and control—may be seen as antithetical to those of a communitybased healthcare provider, such as spontaneity, customization, and flexibility. The contributions to this work raise questions about how the communitybased model can be scaled up through institutions, and how "institutionalization" can be rethought from a bottomup approach. They provide not only an overview of communitybased organizations, but also delve into practical topics such as establishing budgets, training workers, incorporating technology, as well as more theoretical topics like goalsetting, policy effects (like the ACA), and relationships between patient and community. This work will be of interest for researchers interested in exploring the communitybased health care model, as well as practitioners in health care and health policy.
CommunityBased Health Interventions in an Institutional Context examines challenges of "institutionalizing" communitybased health care. While the communitybased or localized model is growing in popularity and importance in the United States, in practice it must often be brought in to larger institutions in order to grow to scale. The typical goals of an institution—standardization, formalization, and control—may be seen as antithetical to those of a communitybased healthcare provider, such as spontaneity, customization, and flexibility. The contributions to this work raise questions about how the communitybased model can be scaled up through institutions, and how "institutionalization" can be rethought from a bottomup approach. They provide not only an overview of communitybased organizations, but also delve into practical topics such as establishing budgets, training workers, incorporating technology, as well as more theoretical topics like goalsetting, policy effects (like the ACA), and relationships between patient and community. This work will be of interest for researchers interested in exploring the communitybased health care model, as well as practitioners in health care and health policy.
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