Resources for Reflection & Skillful Action

•  Garrett, J.T. & Garrett, M.T. (2002). The Cherokee Full Circle: A practical guide to ceremonies and traditions. Rochester, VT: Bear & Co.
• Hammond, S. A. (1998). The thin book of appreciative inquiry. Bend, OR: Thin Book Publishing.
• Hirschhorn, L. (2002). Managing in the new team environment: Skills, tools, and methods. Lincoln,NE: iUniverse, Inc.
• Markova, D. (1996). The open mind: Exploring the 6 patterns of natural intelligence. Berkeley, CA: Conari Press. 
• Olson, E.E. & Eoyang, G.H. (2001). Facilitating organizational change: Lessons from complexity science. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
• Schwarz, R. M. (1994). The skilled facilitator: Practical wisdom for developing effective groups. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

• Fine, Amy, & Kotelchuck, Milton. (2010). Rethinking MCH: The life course model as an organizing framework.  U.S. DHHS, HRSA, MCH  Bureau.
• Halfon, Neal, Larson, Kandyce, Lu, Michael, Tullis, Ericka, & Russ, Shirley. (2013). Lifecourse Health Development: Past, Present and Future. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 18(2), 344-365.
• National Center for Education in Maternal & Child Health: Life Course & Social Determinants of Health Brief + resources 
• NCEMCH: MCH Navigator for on-line learning resources for students and health professionals 

• Auger, S. & Verbiest, S. (September/October, 2007). Lay Health Educators' Roles in Improving Patient Education. North Carolina Medical Journal, 68:5.
• Balcázar, H., Alvarado, M., Hollen, M. L., Gonzalez-Cruz, Y., & Pedregón, V. (2005). Evaluation of Salud Para Su Corazón(Health for Your Heart)- National Council of La Raza Promotora outreach program. Preventing Chronic Disease, 2(3). 
• BRAC Health Progam (2011). Making tuberculosis history: Community-based solutions for millions. Dahka, Bangladesh: The University Press Limited.
• Whitely, E.M, Everhart, R.M., & Wright, R.A.. (2006). Measuring return on investment of outreach by community health workers. Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved, 17, 6-15.

• Barrett, F.J. (2012). Say yes to the mess: Surprising leadership lessons from jazz. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press.
• Berke, C. (2017) High potentials' boot camp: The ultimate playbook for winning at work. Berke Associates, LLC.
• Bryner, A. & Markova, D. (1996). An unused intelligence: Physical thinking for 21st century leadership. Berkeley, CA: Conari Press.
• Goleman, D., Boyatzis, R., and McKee, A. (2013). Primal leadership: Unleashing the power of emotional intelligence. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review.
• Gilley, K. (1997). Leading from the heart: Choosing courage over fear in the workplace. Newton, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann.
• Jaworkski, J. (1996). Synchronicity: The inner path of leadership. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
• Lynch, D. & Kordis, P.L. (1988). Strategy of the dolphin: Scoring a win in a chaotic world. New York, NY: William Morrow and Co.

• Allport, G. D. (2006). The paradise paradigm: On creating a world of compassion, freedom, and prosperity. Murphy, OR: E. Dianne Publishing.
• Airhihenbuwa, C.O. (1995). Health and culture: Beyond the western paradigm. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
• Bennet, A. & Bennet, D. (2004). Organizational survival in the new world: The intelligent complex adaptive system. Burlington, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann.
• Carse, J. (1986). Finite and infinite games: The vision of life life as play and possibility. New York, NY: Free Press.
• Dweck, C. (2006). Mindset: The new psychology of success. New York, NY: Ballantine Books.
• Frameworks Institute: Changing the Public Conversation on Social Problems [Intro to Strategic Frame Analysis™, a new approach to explaining social issues to the public and policy makers based on decades of research on how people think and communicate.] 
• Lakoff, G. & Johnson, M.(2008). Metaphors we live by. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
  
• Markova, D. (2011) Keynote Address: The Art of the Possible ( video  46:41 min)  

• Bentz, V. M. & Shapiro, J.J. (1998). Mindful inquiry in social research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
• Hubbard, R. S. & Power, B.M. (1999). Living the questions: A guide for teacher-researchers. Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers.
• Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education and Action, a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to community-based participatory research.
• Sprague, J. (2005). Feminist methodologies for critical researchers: Bridging differences. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.
• Wilson, S. (2008). Research is ceremony: Indigenous research methods. Canada: Fernwood Publishing.

•  Mehl-Madrona, L. (2007). Narrative medicine: The use of history and story in the healing process. Rochester, VT: Bear & Company.
• Mehl-Madrona, L. (2010). Healing the mind through the power of story: The promise of narrative psychiatry. Rochester, VT: Bear & Company.
• Mehl-Madrona, L. (2011). The spirit of healing: Stories, wisdom, and practices from Native America. (audio book) Sounds True.
• Remen, R. N. (1996). Kitchen table wisdom: Stories that heal. New York, NY: Riverhead Books.

This term applies to an approach to relating, communicating, and learning that involves mutuality and active engagement of participants. 

Patient-centered care is a term most commonly used in medicine. However, additional 'centered' terms are emerging to reflect a wellness model and more wholistic view of self-in-relationship (person, family, relationship). Other disciplines have adopted different terms, e.g., learner-centered in education, and culture-centered in communications. 

What these terms have in common is an underlying relational paradigm based on mutual respect, shared power and inclusion or interbeingness. Multiple ways of knowing are honored.

The following resources can provide additional insights and facets to consider as you connect with others in one-on-one and group encounters. See also Health Literacy.

• Airhihenbuwa, C.O. (1995). Health and culture: Beyond the western paradigm. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
• Epstein, R. M., & Street, R. L. (2011). The Values and Value of Patient-Centered Care. The Annals of Family Medicine, 9(2), 100-103. 
• Garrett, J.T. & Garrett, M. (1996). Medicine of the Cherokee: The way of right relationship. Santa Fe: NM: Bear & Co.
• Hayes, E. & Flannery, D. (2000). Women as learners: The significance of gender in adult learning. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
• Knowles, M. (1990). The adult learner: A neglected species (4th ed.) Houston: Gulf Publishing.
• Moustakas, C. (1995). Being-in, being-for, being-with. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, Inc.
• Rogers, C. (1978). On personal power: Inner strength and its revolutionary impact. London: Constable and Company, Ltd.
• Yorks, L. & Kasl, E. (2002). Toward a theory and practice for whole-person learning: Reconceptualizing experience and the role of affect. Adult Education Quarterly (52, 3).

• Cueva, M. (2008). Stories Embrace: Readers’ Theater for Cancer Education in Alaska.(click on link) Diving in the Moon Journal, Issue 5, Summer 2008, (5).
• Savitt, T. (1969). Medical Readers' Theater: Guide and scripts. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press.

• Auger SJ, Verbiest S, Spickard JV, Simán FM, Colindres M. (December, 2015). Participatory group prenatal education using photonovels: Evaluation of a lay health educator model with low-income Latinas. Journal of Participatory Medicine. 7:e13. PMCID: PMC5870907
• Auger SJ, Verbiest S, Berry D, Bordeaux B, Ewell-Lewis H, Colindres M. Improving prenatal care for Hispanic mothers: Health professional perspectives. Migrant Clinicians Network Streamline. 2009:1-4.
• Auger, S., DeCoster, M., & Colindres, M. (2008). Teach-With-Stories Method for Prenatal Education: Using Photonovels and a Participatory Approach with Latinos. In M. Dutta & H. Mohan (Eds.), Emerging perspectives in health communication: Meaning, culture, and power (pp. 155-181).  New York, NY: Routledge.
• Center for Health Care Strategies (2007). Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities: Quality Improvement in Medicaid Managed Care Toolkit  Includes results of Teach-With-Stories demonstration project at Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island (pp. 24-25)  

• Friere, P. (1968). Pedagogy of the oppressed. NY: The Seabury Press.
• Mezirow, J. & Associates.(2000). Learning as transformation: Critical perspectives on a theory in progress. San Francisco, CA: Josey-Bass, Inc.
• Woodman, M. & Dickson, E. (1996). Dancing in the flames: The dark goddess in the transformation of consciousness. Boston, MA: Shambhala Press.

Organizations that specialize in participatory approaches to address social, political, economic and environmental factors for social and economic justice, health equity, and sustainability

• Highlander Research and Education Center serves as a catalyst for grassroots organizing and movement building in Appalachia and the U.S. South (New Market, TN)
  
  
• Just Health Action: Empowering people to promote health equity (Seattle, WA)

Photovoice 

Photography is used in a participatory process for transformative learning and social change.  See also: PhotoVoice.org

Theatre of the Oppressed
Theater is used in a participatory process for transformative learning and social change. The audience becomes active, such that as "spect-actors" they explore, show, analyze and transform the reality in which they are living.

Vision of Humanity: Global Peace Index
Hosted by the Institute for Economics and Peace. Brings peace research to life, with interactive peace maps, ground breaking reports and the very latest news and videos pertaining to peace.

• Doak, C., Doak, L., & Root. J. (1996). Teaching Patients with Low Literacy Skills (2nd ed.). Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Company.  A copy of this classic can be downloaded for free from the Harvard School of Public Health.
• Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit (click on link) hosted by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
• Hohn, M.D. (1998). Empowerment health education in adult literacy: A guide for public health and literacy practitioners, policy makers and funders. NIFL Literacy Leadership Fellowship Project (Vol. 3, No. 4, Part A). Washington, DC: National Institute for Literacy.
• North Carolina Medical Journal (Sept/October, 2007) Effective Patient-Practitioner Communication. This issue addresses health literacy issues and highlights related NC IOM Task Force health policy recommendations.
• Zarcadoolas, C., Pleasant, A., & Greer, D. S. (2006). Advancing health literacy: A framework for understanding and action. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• For podcasts on health literacy, additional tips, and resources, visit: Health Literacy Consulting hosted by Helen Osborne
• For a national on-going dialogue on health literacy issues with leading experts on research, practice and policy, join the Health Literacy Discussion List (click link) hosted by IHA Health Literacy.

Novelas (photonovelas, photonovellas, fotonovelas, radio and telenovelas)

• Kepka, D., Coronado, G., Rodriguez, H., & Thompson, B. (2011). Evaluation of a radionovela to promote HPV Vaccine awareness and knowledge among Hispanic parents. Journal of Community Health, 36(6), 957-965. 
• Nimmon, L. E. (2007). Within the Eyes of the People: Using a Photonovel as a Consciousness-raising Health Literacy Tool with ESL-speaking Immigrant Women. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 98(4), 337-340.
• Rudd, R. E. , & Comings, John P. (1994). An empowering project. Health Education Quarterly, 21(3), 313 – 327. [Discusses development of the photonovelas by learners in four examples: farmworker ESL program, environmental health, smoking cessation, and occupational health]
• Unger, J. B., Cabassa, L. J., Molina, G. B., Contreras, S., & Baron, M. (2013). Evaluation of a fotonovela to increase depression knowledge and reduce stigma among Hispanic Adults. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 15(2), 398-406. 
• Valle, R., Yamada, A., & Matiella, A. C. (2006). Fotonovelas: A health literacy tool for educating Latino older adults about dementia. Clinical Gerontologist, 30(1), 71-88. 

Samples: other topics, age groups

• For photonovelas on farmworker and food safety (English/Spanish), visit the National GAPs Program  at www.gaps.cornell.edu
• For a photonovela on heart disease (Spanish), contact: Héctor Balcázar, PhD at Hector.G.Balcazar@uth.hmc.edu
• For digital photonovelas on a variety of topics 

• Arrows, F., Cajete, G., & Lee, J. (2010). Critical neurophilosophy & indigenous wisdom. Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
• Graham, L. (2013). Bouncing back: Rewiring your brain for maximum resilience and well-being. Novato, CA: New World Library.
• Graham, L. (Audio interview on July 10, 2014) Shrink Rap Radio: #411 Mindfulness and Resilience [Dr. David Van Nuys interviews Linda Graham. Excellent overview of Bouncing Back]
• Heller, L. & LaPierre, A. (2012). Healing Developmental Trauma: How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image, and the Capacity for Relationship. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books.
• Lewis, T., Amini, F., & Lannon, R. (2000). A general theory of love. New York, NY: Vintage Books.
• Siegel, D.J. (2011) Mindsight: The new science of personal transformation. New York: Bantam Books.
• Siegel, D.J. (2008). The neurobiology of "we." (audio book) Sounds True. 

• Jordan, J.V., Kaplan, A. G., Miller, J.B., Stiver, I.P., & Surrey, J.L. (1991). Women's growth in connection: Writings from the Stone Center. NY: Guildford Press.
• Hanh, T.N. (2010). Reconciliation: Healing the inner child. Berkeley, CA: Unified Buddhist Church.
• Walker, M. & Rosen, W.B. (2004). How connections heal: Stories from relational-cultural therapy. New York, NY: Guilford Press.

• Cummings, K. (2010). Coming to grips with loss: A grounded theory study. Dissertation: Fielding Graduate University, United States.
• Dark Side of the Full Moon: When Motherhood Meets Mental Health. A documentary directed by Maureen Fura.
• Griefwalker: Stephen Jenkinson. A documentary directed by Tim Wilson. (on Netflix)

•  Faber, A & Mazlish, E. (1980). How to talk so kids will listen & listen to kids will talk. New York, NY: Avon Books.
• Siegel, D. & Hartzell, M. (2004). Parenting from the inside out: How a deeper self-understanding can help you raise children who thrive. New York, NY: Penguin Books.