DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE COALITIONS: AN EIGHT STEP GUIDE

Often, the best way to ensure a comprehensive strategy is to build a diverse coalition. This tool guides advocates and practitioners through the process of coalition building, from deciding whether or not a coalition is appropriate to selecting the best membership and conducting ongoing evaluation. The eight steps are listed below.

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Examples of the Eight Step Guide’s use:

• The Washington State Department of Health uses the Eight Step Guide as a community engaging resource in their Healthy Communities Tool Kit, a booklet based on lessons learned from the efforts of two Washington State cities to address health problems associated with the lack of physical activity and poor nutrition.
• The National Maternal and Child Health Center for Child Death Review offers the Eight Step Guide as a tool to aid Child Death Review Teams in understanding why children die and taking action to prevent other deaths.

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