Leading Locally: A Community Power-Building Approach to Structural Change

This report outlines the catalyzing conditions for sustaining healthy communities, with the central premise being community power-building approaches. Public health partners can use this roadmap to build community power, which includes setting agendas, changing public discourse, building relationships with decision makers, and creating governance structures. The report also highlights sixteen community power-building efforts across the United States.

Resource Details

• Setting/Context of Implementation: Community
• Topics of Practice: Policy Change/ Development
• Outcomes of Interest: Advancing Racial Equity|Capacity Building|Partnership Building|Reduction of Health Disparities
• Level of Evidence: Promising
• Tools or Materials Included in Resource: Yes
• Social Determinants of Health: Economic Stability|Education Access and Quality|Healthcare Access and Quality|Neighborhood and Built Environment|Social and Community Context
• Outside of US: No