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First Name: Andrea
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Community Psychologist working for the National Health System in health promotion issues and programs at Preventive & Community Medicine Service in Bergamo province. You're an incredible source of materials and ideas. Thank you!
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Last Name: Mason
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Serve activitely on three community boards. Wonderful site, tremendous amount of information and quite useful.
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First Name: Dorlan
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I write grants for Sunflower Community Action, a multi-issue group that organizes low income neighborhoods. Thanks to those who created and maintain this site!
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I am directing the National Institute of Mental Health Constituency Outreach and Education Program, which will establish outreach partners in all 50 States, D.C. and Puerto Rico to provide science-based information on mental illnesses and brain disorders, targeting the public and professionals. We will provide technical assistance to the partners, so I am looking for good materials on community outreach programs.
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First Name: James
Last Name: Gatz
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This is a very interesting site. I work at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. Am intereted in learning more about community building -- always looking for how this federal department can be involved in this movement (even though most of our work is with States, not directly with communities....)
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First Name: Stanley
Last Name: Capela
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I am a Senior Director, MIS-DQI for HeartShare Human Services. I also am a Peer Reviewer for Council on Accreditation. I am interested in developing utilization focused evaluation models that focus on performance measurements and outcome based evaluation systems.
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First Name: Denairian
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I am presently a graduate student in the field of Psychology
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First Name: jason
Last Name: moss
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Currently enrolled in hdfl 310
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First Name: Michael
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I am teaching a course in Program Management and using the Community Tool Box as a teaching aid and text. I would like to talk with others who are doing the same.
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First Name: Thomas
Last Name: Daley
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I am a general pediatrician and medical educator.
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First Name: Bruce
Last Name: Chamberlin
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We are community health development consultants working in western Canada
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First Name: Meredith
Last Name: Moore
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We are community health development consultants working in western Canada
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We are community health development consultants working in western Canada (moore.chamberlin@the.link.ca)
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First Name: Mary
Last Name: Burnel
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The Community Action Program for Children is a federally funded initiative aimed at children 0 to 6 years. Here in Orillia, we are in the process of establishing a drop-in resource centre for teen parents (rate of births to teen mothers is 55 per 1000). We work in partnership to provide a variety of programs to parents whose children are at risk of neglect and/or abuse: parent-child enrichment programs, young mother support group, etc. We are constantly scrounging for funds, volunteers, ideas to give our community choices, programs, etc.
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First Name: Rick
Last Name: Barbieri
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Recently completed the HealthForum's Creating Healthier Communities Fellowship Program. Return Peace Corps Volunteer Zaire 84-87' Public Health. Working for DuPage County Health Department, Office of Planning.
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First Name: Rhonda
Last Name: Ackerman
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I am the new PC at the Gov. John Carver Schools. Looking forward to gaining new insight into the SLS goals and initiatives. There are many questions! The DOE regulations are a bit overwhelming but will keep on plugging!
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First Name: Joy
Last Name: Beatty
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I work with Hosptials in California. I assist them in planning community benefit programs through thier hospital and in collaboration with the community.
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Technology Consultant www.handteam.com/alaramore www.handtech.com/alaramore
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First Name: Lee Ann
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teach college,MPH.
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First Name: Lee Ann
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Teach college at Univ. of Hawaii, and at a Jr. College. Parenting and human development. Have a Masters in Public Health, prev. exper. Alaska.
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Council On Aging, Director
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First Name: Rhonda
Last Name: Gothberg
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Great information for many applications. Thank you.
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First Name: John
Last Name: Furman
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I am the Program Planner of Utica Community Action, Inc. in Utica, NY. Our organization assists low-income people to become self-sufficient through education, job training, youth development, family development, and housing programs.
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First Name: Martina
Last Name: Fleming
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Service Leader Paediatric Outpatient Area
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First Name: Angelina
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I am the Health Services Administrator for the Bureau of Community Health Services,Guam Dept. of Public Health and Social Services.
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First Name: Beth
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Founding the AIDS Prevention Partnership and its Lifeguard Street Outreach project has been a labor of love. I am interested in building partnerships as well as sustaining the work of our organization. This is a great site! I'll be back.
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First Name: Susanna
Last Name: Suchak
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I have worked in community development for over 20 years and am presently the Health Promoter for tykeTALK, the Thames Valley Preschool Speech and Language Service Alliance. I work with parents and often these women (there is the rare father in my groups) have many challenges to parenting and getting the services which their children require. I have also used your site as the Executive Director of London Area Good Food Project wherein our participants were working through challenges such as poverty, esl language challenges or nutrition challenges due to food sensitivities etc. Thanks for such an insightful and helpful site.
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First Name: Kristin
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I am a University of Manitoba student who is doing her BRS student practicum at Deer Lodge Centre under the supervision of Kevin Scott
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First Name: Deborah
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Area Health Officer, Public Health Programs & Services, L.A. County Dept. of Health Services
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First Name: Rick
Last Name: Orton
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I'm the coordinator for the Tobacco Free Dane County Coalition (TFDCC), a coalition of various health, business and community organizations whose mission it is to to reduce and eliminate tobacco use in the county. I am employed by and officed out of the Madison (Wisconsin) Department of Public Health.
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First Name: Judith
Last Name: Tripp
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I have been the executive director at Family Resources for Victoria County for the past 11 years. I am currently involved in developing and supporting food security programmes in Victoria County. Our organization has a parent child drop-in, a mobile family drop-in programme, CAPC/CPNP programmes, toylending, curriculum kit rental, a parent resource library, a child caregiver registry and parent education programmes. The Board of Family Resources for Victoria County is very interested in community development.
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First Name: Orlaith
Last Name: Moley
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Voluntray organisation focusing on evaluation services to community and voluntary organisations. Our services include evaluation consultancy, training and information and advice. You have a very intersting website - we are currently creating our own site - will be in touch.
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First Name: Tony
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Great idea - waiting for updates!
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Reviewing toolbox in connection for some anti-drug work I am doing for a client of mine at the Academy for Educational Development. I just emailed your site address to my former collegues at the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, a Washington, DC-based tobacco-prevention advocacy group. Wish I had known about it when I was there -- what a terrific resource for local coalitions!
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First Name: Gene
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I am the Demographic Analyst for the Little Rock Fighting Back Project and am always looking for tools for building a better substance abuse reduction coalition.
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First Name: David
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Hi! I work in a voluntary sector development agency in the ex-coalfields of Nottinghamshire - yes, we are quite near Robin Hood and Sherwood Forest! My role is Community Care Development Worker but with growing interest in public participation, 'real' evaluation, use of IT (esp databases) to support community initiatives and how community and voluntary groups are coping with changes to our health and local government services.
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First Name: Lawrence
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non profit california corporation consisting of three acute care facilities, one free standing hopice, home health and dme.
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involved in multiple cancer prevention activities, including pursuing community cancer control in high risk part of Boston
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I AM AN NUTRITION EDUCATOR WITH UC COOPERATIVE EXTENSION IN SAN JOAQUIN/CALAVERAS COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA. I ALSO AM A GRAD STUDENT AT CSU, SACRAMENTO WORKING ON A CALAVERAS COUNTY HUNGER STUDY AND ACTION PLAN.
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First Name: Louise
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I am consultant working as a facilitator for Building Better Communities. We are developing a pool of learning circles within communities to develop the sense of community sharing. Great site! keep up the good work!
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I work with Neighborhood Associations in Salem, OR.
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I am a Program Manager in Tobacco Control for the American Lung Associaiton of Minnesota.
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First Name: Alan
Last Name: Silver
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I am an independent consultant who works with health provider/community-based partnerships who need help getting organized, researching local health problems (data, best practices, etc.), seeking funding.
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First Name: Chan
Last Name: McDermott
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I am very enthusiastic about starting a new position working with motivated folks in population-based community health in Austin, Texas.
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First Name: MARY
Last Name: CROOKS
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I am currently researching information for with our local Turning Point Program, called Healthy New Orleans: The City That Cares. When I am not volunteering, I serve as Women's health services coordinator for a non profit community health center network.
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Nutrition consultant for the Oregon Health Division WIC program.
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First Name: Becky
Last Name: Markt
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Development Manager of Heartland Regional Community Foundation which is the co-facilitator of Healthy Communities for the Midwestern Four Corners, one of six sites in the nation selected by the Health Forum as an Accelerating Community Transformation (ACT) site.
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First Name: Jackie
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I am the Neighborhood Enhancement Coordinator for the City of Springfield, Ohio
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First Name: Beth
Last Name: Siddens
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I'm a Health Planner for a District Health Department that is becoming very active in community-based health promotion. Thanks for having the Community Toolbox - Its exactly the type of resource we need to help mobilize and support health interventions within our local communities.
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First Name: Deb Recksiedler
Last Name: Grundmanis, MBA
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Working as a health educator for the Minnesota Department of Health, Environmental Health Division. Continuing to learn and apply evaluation skills-- thanks for your work. http://www.cdc.gov/eval/framework.htm was the link I followed to your site.
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