Strategies for community participation in developing countries
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Authors
Chitambo, B.R.
Smith, J.E.
Ehlers, V.J.
Issue Date
2002
Type
Article
Language
en
Keywords
community participation , community health , developing countries
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Abstract
Community participation has been hailed as the panacea
for most community programmes. Community participation
at high levels empowers communities, increases selfreliance,
self-awareness and confidence in self-examination
of problems and seeking solutions for them. Behavioural
changes are promoted and utilisation and support
of services is facilitated, which are of great importance to
all community health efforts, especially in areas where
the incidence of HIV/AIDS is high or increasing. The
purpose of this article is to explore community participation
strategies adopted in different countries for providing
community health care services. Recommendations
are provided for enhancing community participation in
developing countries.
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Citation
Publisher
AOSIS OpenJournals
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DOI
ISSN
0379-8577 Curationis