The documents in this section highlight past and ongoing CommonHealth ACTION programmatic activities and are posted for public benefit. 

A CommonHealth ACTION Report - Place Matters and Logic Models

A CommonHealth ACTION Report - Katrina and Social Determinants of Health

A CommonHealth ACTION Report - Life After Katrina: Where Do We Go From Here?

Press Release [02.24.06] - Meeting on health and housing issues for Katrina evacuees

Press Release [01.28.05] - CHA-CEDM Safe Recovery Partnership

Article on CommonHealth ACTION in Turning Point's Transformations Publication

Relevant Publications

Lafronza, V. “Lessons from the Turning Point Initiative: Implications for Public Health Practice and Social Justice.” Chapter Eight appears in Tackling Health Inequities Through Public Health Practice: A Handbook for Action. National Association of County and City Health Officials, July, 2006, p. 137-154. For a free copy of the entire handbook, visit www.naccho.org/pubs/product1.cfm?Product_ID=11
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Eilbert, K., & Lafronza, V. “Working Together for Community Health: A Model and Case Studies.” Evaluation and Program Planning, 28(2), May, 2005: 185-199.

Growing Older in America: How Prepared Are You?: Fndings from a 2005 CommonHealth ACTION National Survey

Dilworth-Anderson, P., Gibson, B., & Burke, J. M. D. (2006). Working with African American families. In G. Yeo & D. Gallagher-Thompson (Eds.). Ethnicity and the Dementias (2nd. Ed.). Routledge/Taylor & Francis. To purchase, visit www.routledge-ny.com or www.borders.com

B. Berkowitz, R. Nicola, V. Lafronza, and B. Beckemeier, “Turning Point’s Legacy,” Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 11(2) (2005): 97.

Rauf, Z., Lafronza, V., Fraser, M., Brown, C., and Cope, J. Local and State Collaboration for Effective Preparedness Planning. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, January 2003.

Berkowitz, B., Nicola, B., & Lafronza, V.N. Issue Editors: Turning Point: Collaborating for a New Century in Public Health. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, January 2002.

Rhein, M., Lafronza, V., Bhandari, E., Hawes, J., & Hofrichter, R. Advancing Community Public Health Systems in the 21st Century. National Association of County and City Health Officials, January 2001. To order, visit
www.naccho.org/pubs/product1.cfm?Product_ID=35