Two Steps Forward, Three to the Side: Social Image and the Dance for Community Health Center Survival...

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Danielle N. Gadson

Two Steps Forward, Three to the Side

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Social Image and the Dance for Community Health Center Survival

Danielle N. Gadson

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Rowman & Littlefield
11 December 2025

Communication studies; Social welfare & social services; Public administration; Medicine: general issues

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.

By: Danielle N. Gadson
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781666926699
ISBN 10: 1666926698
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 11 December 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1: An Invitation to Engage: Establishing Community Health Centers’ Place in the U.S. 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 Conclusion Methodological Appendix References Index About the Author

Danielle N. Gadson is professor in the Department of Public Administration at Villanova University and a part-time lecturer and DEI consultant in the Philadelphia metropolitan area.