This book offers a systematic analysis of the community health center program's success since its establishment as a War on Poverty program.
Initially, the program served as a means for strengthening communities by ameliorating the poverty-related causes and consequences of limited access to health care. Today, the program is situated as an entry point and safety-net solution, shoring up gaps in the larger healthcare system. Against the backdrop of persistent health disparities and calls to return to its anti-poverty roots, the goal of this book is to both celebrate and caution against administrative strategies that primarily align programmatic outcomes with macroeconomic standards of success. Chronologically structured by its legislative authorization history and presidential administrations, Two Steps Forward, Three to the Side employs a sociological lens to trace the transformation of social narratives created by administrators and advocates about the program for the purpose of fortifying legislative support over more than six decades. The examination uncovers the gradual de-emphasis of social justice as a core tenet of the community health center program in favor of messages about programmatic efficiency and cost savings for the larger healthcare system in response to challenging funding environments.

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Two Steps Forward, Three to the Side
Social Image and the Dance for Community Health Center Survival
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Two Steps Forward, Three to the Side
Social Image and the Dance for Community Health Center Survival
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: An Invitation to Engage: Establishing Community Health Centers’ Place in the US Healthcare System
- Chapter 2: Dressed to the Nines: Social Image and Policy Administration
- Chapter 3: Dancing the Two-Step: Shifting Social Narratives for Political Survival
- Chapter 4: Stubbed Toes and Mixed Signals: Unintended Consequences of Well-Intentioned Administrative Strategy
- Conclusion
- Methodological Appendix
- References
- Index
- About the Author
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