Glasgow and his colleagues (2001) acknowledge that the Community Resources and Policies component of the CCM is inadequately defined. However, their approach does not contain a re-conceptualization of the CCM to include principles of population health and health promotion. The CCM in its current form does not adequately encompass or describe the strategies needed to effectively promote health and prevent disease. For instance, if the Community Resources and Policies section of the CCM describes "barriers to achievingÉ[patient] goals, and especially social-environmental factors that determine long-term success" (Glasgow et al. 2001 79: 585), it must reflect the complexity and interplay of those environmental barriers. Unfortunately, healthcare has traditionally had little success in addressing the social, environmental and cultural factors that affect health. Without concerted action to address these factors, success will continue to be elusive in the efforts to prevent disability and illness.