Recommended Readings

  • Mendenhall, T., Doherty, W., LittleWalker, E., & Berge, J. (2018). Medical family therapy in community engagement. In T. Mendenhall, A. Lamson, J. Hodgson, and M. Baird (Eds.), Clinical methods in medical family therapy (pp. 401-429). New York, NY: Springer.
  • Seal, K., Blum, M., Didericksen, K., Mendenhall, T., Gagner, N., GreenCrow, B., LittleWalker, K., BrownOwl, S., & Benton, K. (2016).The East Metro American Indian Diabetes Initiative: Engaging indigenous men in the reclaiming of health and spirituality through community-based participatory research. Health Education Research & Development, 4, 1-8.
  • Mendenhall, T., Gagner, N., & Hunt, Q. (2015). A call to engage youth in health research. Families, Systems, & Health, 33, 410-412. doi: 10.1037/fsh0000163
  • Mendenhall, T., & Ballard, J. (2014). Including the family in research evaluating integrated care: A call for expanding investigators’ scope beyond single-person measures. Families, Systems, & Health, 32, 291–302. doi: 10.1037/fsh0000018
  • Mendenhall, T., Harper, P., Henn, L., Rudser, K., & Schoeller, B. (2014). Community-based participatory research to decrease smoking prevalence in a high-risk young adult population: An evaluation of the Students Against Nicotine and Tobacco Addiction (SANTA) project. Families, Systems, & Health, 32, 78-88. doi: 10.1037/fsh0000003
  • Alinsky, S. D., (1946). Reveille for radicals. New York: Random House.
  • Anderson, J. & Doherty, W. (2005). Democratic community initiatives: The case of overscheduled children. Family Relations 54, 654–665.
  • Boyte, H. (2004). Everyday politics. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
  • Boyte, H. & Kari, N. (1996). Building America: The democratic promise of public work. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
  • Boyte, H., Kari, N., Lewis, J., Skelton, N., & O’Donoghue, J. (2000). Creating the Commonwealth: Public Politics and the Philosophy of Public Work. Dayton, OH: Kettering.
  • Dewey, J. (1997). Democracy and education. New York: Free Press.
  • Doherty, W. J., & Carroll, J. S. (2002). The families and democracy model. Family Process, 41, 579-589.
  • Doherty, W. J., & Carroll, J. S. (2007). Families and Therapists as Citizens: The Families and Democracy Project. In E. Aldarondo (Ed.) Advancing Social Justice Through Clinical Practice. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
  • Doherty, W., & Mendenhall, T. (2006). Citizen health care: A Model for engaging patients, families, and communities as co-producers of health. Families, Systems & Health, 24, 251-263.
  • Landau, J. (2007). Enhancing resilience: Families and communities as agents for change. Family Process, 46, 351-365.
  • Mendenhall, T. J., & Doherty, W. J. (2003). Partners in Diabetes: A collaborative, democratic initiative in primary care. Families, Systems & Health, 21, 329-335.
  • Mendenhall, T. J., & Doherty, W. J. (2005). Action research methods in family therapy. In F. Piercy & D. Sprenkle (Eds.), Research Methods in Family Therapy (2nd Edition) (pp. 100-118). New York: Guilford Press.
  • Mendenhall, T., & Doherty, W. (2007). The ANGELS (A Neighbor Giving Encouragement, Love and Support): A collaborative project for teens with diabetes. In D. Linville and K. Hertlein (Eds.), The Therapist’s Notebook for Family Healthcare. New York: Hayworth Press, pp. 91-101.
  • Mendenhall, T., & Doherty, W. (in press). Partners in Diabetes: A community-based participatory research project in a family practice context. Action Research.