Facilitative and competitive interaction components among New England salt marsh plants by John F. Bruno, Tatyana A. Rand, Nancy C. Emery, Mark D. Bertness

“…Studies that untangle various components of interactions and their contingencies are critical to both expanding our basic understanding of community organization, and predicting how natural communities and their component parts will respond to environmental change.…”
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No Buts About It...The Value of Urban Food Production: Response #4 to Hallsworth and Wong’s viewpoint by Evan Weissman

“…Indeed, urban gardening plays a significant role within the city as public space, as an economic development strategy, and as a community-organizing tool. Most importantly, urban food production contributes to household food security. …”
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Evaluation of a Peer Led Chronic Pain Self-Management Program in a Rural Population by Kristin Pullyblank, Wendy Brunner, Melissa Scribani, Nicole Krupa, Lynae Wyckoff, David Strogatz

“…Healthcare and community organizations should consider investing in and offering chronic pain workshops in rural areas in order to promote health and wellness.…”
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Barriers and facilitators to diabetes screening and prevention after a pregnancy complicated by gestational diabetes. by Drishti D Sinha, Roxann C Williams, Laura N Hollar, Hannah R Lucas, Bethany Johnson-Javois, Heidi B Miller, Amanda Stoermer, Graham A Colditz, Aimee S James, Cynthia J Herrick

“…Societal barriers include insurance issues, unemployment, and lack of transportation, childcare, safe housing, and healthy food access, while facilitators include government sponsored programs and community organizations. Healthcare system barriers include care fragmentation, scheduling policies and time constraints while facilitators include care coordination, pregnancy support groups, and education materials. …”
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Using Maximum Entropy Production to Describe Microbial Biogeochemistry Over Time and Space in a Meromictic Pond by Joseph J. Vallino, Julie A. Huber

“…Determining how microbial communities organize and function at the ecosystem level is essential to understanding and predicting how they will respond to environmental change. …”
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Spiritually oriented therapy approach applying in complex rehabilitation of patients with mental disorders by V. Mitikhin, A. Magay, L. Alieva, A. Nochevkina

“…Results All patients received psychopharmacological treatment and participated in rehabilitation work in patient community organizations using psychosocial and spiritually oriented therapy. …”
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Land Conflict Resolution Efforts Of The Laman Kinipan Indigenous Community In Lamandau Regency By Alliansi Indigenous Peoples Of The Archipelago (Aman) To Support National Security by Dody Mulia, Agus Adriyanto Agus, Achmed Sukendro Achmed, Pujo Widodo Pujo, Wilopo Wilopo

“…The conclusion is with the efforts of the Alliance of Indigenous Peoples of the Archipelago in resolution of the Laman Kinipan Land conflict with the stages of community organizing, visioning, planning, and implementation and evaluation to realize national security by being linked through elements of environmental security and human security. …”
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Using an academic-community partnership model to deliver evidence-based falls prevention programs in a metropolitan setting: A community case study by Cathy S. Elrod, Sara T. Pappa, Patricia C. Heyn, Rita A. Wong

“…Key interdependent project elements included: (1) fostering ongoing community organization collaboration, (2) introducing programs in the community, (3) growing and sustaining delivery sites, (4) preparing trained program leaders, and (5) building community demand for the programs.ResultsFrom August 2016–June 2022, 5,857 older adults participated in one of the three EBFPPs. …”
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From the ground up: Patterns and perceptions of herbaceous diversity in organic coffee agroecosystems by Sarah Archibald, Clementine Allinne, Carlos R. Cerdán, Marney E. Isaac

“…The mental models representing farmer decision‐making processes were highly variable, with a nearly 30% increase in cognitive map density from the simplest map to the most complex; this complexity in mental models was a key explanatory variable in the level of functional diversity of the herbaceous community. Organic management practices that support agroforestry practices also, in turn, promote a functionally diverse herbaceous stratum. …”
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Data for Housing Justice: Examining Activists’ Use of Open Government Data for Housing Justice in Boston, MA and New York, NY by Navalkha, Chenab

“…Through their activities, housing data activists act as data intermediaries who bridge the gap between OGD systems and residents and community organizers. In doing so, they not only facilitate local government’s fulfillment of its goals of transparency and accountability, but also pursue a more liberatory and justice-oriented future for communities facing the threat of displacement. …”
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Integrating climate, economic, and racial justice through a Boston FutureCorps by Costantini, Winn Elliott

“…Stakeholders stressed the need for a participatory program design process and partnerships with community organizations, long-term and reliable funding sources, and the need for the corps to connect participants to meaningful jobs with living wages. …”
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Urban redevelopment in sunbelt cities : strategies and approaches by Moore, James A. (James Andrew), 1959-

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The city village : a design for public and semi-public places and paths in a residential and office community in Cambridge, Massachusetts by Felix, John K

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Building blocked : neighborhood politics and administrative efficiency in Philadelphia's zoning relief process by Karp, Ross A

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DAMPAK KEBIJAKAN PENETAPAN MANOKWARI SEBAGAI IBUKOTA PROVINSI IRIAN JAYA BARAT TERHADAP PERGESERAN STRUKTUR SOSIAL, POLITIK, DAN EKONOMI DI KABUPATEN MANOKWARI (Studi Kasus Tahun 2... by , Jan Pieter Pangaribuan, Drs., , Dr. Nunuk Dwi Retnandari

“…Informant in this research were the people society (4 persons), regional parliament society (4 persons), community organizations (1 person), and campus academic (1 person). …”

Community Based Institutions And Sustainable Livelihoods Of Inland Fishermen Of Bangladesh by Nurul Islam, Gazi Md

“…The major objective of CBFM is to build local fishery community organizations for managing fisheries sustainably and improve livelihood conditions of poor fishermen. …”
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4481 Better Together Harrisburg: Community-Driven Research Day by Andrea Murray, Martha Wadsworth, Jennifer Kraschnewski, Kathleen Best, Carmen Henry-Harris

“…During these planning meetings, members determined that mental health and nutrition were two critical areas deserving of more attention from research within their geographical community. Organizations were asked to identify sub-categories within mental health and nutrition that they saw as most relevant to their communities. …”
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The cultural adaptation of the go wish card game for use in Flanders, Belgium: a public health tool to identify and discuss end-of-life preferences by Charlèss Dupont, Tinne Smets, Fanny Monnet, Malin Eneslätt, Carol Tishelman, Lieve Van den Block

“…Methods We used an iterative cultural adaptation process with repeated discussions with various community organizations and representatives of minority and religious groups. …”
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After the fire: A qualitative study of the role of long-term recovery organizations in addressing rural communities’ post-wildfire needs by Kathleen Moloney, Jamie Vickery, Jeremy Hess, Nicole Errett

“…However, participants also identified facilitators of LTROs’ work, including the ability of LTROs and their government partners to adapt policies and procedures, and close collaboration with other community organizations. Factors both internal and external to the community and LTROs’ organizational characteristics influence their ability to address community needs, essential to health, post-wildfire. …”
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Research priorities in HIV, aging and rehabilitation: building on a framework with the Canada-International HIV and Rehabilitation Research Collaborative by Kelly K. O’Brien, Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco, Kelly Birtwell, Graeme Donald, Darren A. Brown, Andrew D. Eaton, Bakita Kasadha, Emma Stanmore, Natalie St. Clair-Sullivan, Liam Townsend, Jaime H. Vera, Patricia Solomon

“…Our aim was to review and identify any new emerging priorities from the perspectives of people living with HIV, clinicians, researchers, and representatives from community organizations. Methods We conducted a multi-stakeholder international consultation with people living with HIV, researchers, clinicians and representatives of community-based organizations. …”
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