Based on the concepts of empowerment of indigenous women through unity, validation of
women as key health promoters, and the acceptance of a community's ability to identify and …

Abstract The Healthy Communities 2000 mandate calls for public health leaders to involve
community members in setting health priorities and implementing programs in response to …

The model of family health advocacy built firmly upon principles of empowerment theory
seeks to help individuals, families, and communities to improve their circumstances by …

The article presents information on De Madres a Madres (Mothers to Mothers) health care
program in the US It is based on the empowerment of indigenous women through unity, the …

How one group of Hispanic women in Houston, Texas, built community coalitions for primary
health care is chronicled from the perspectives of the women. We describe how they formed …

Empowerment education is a social action process that promotes participation of
communities in gaining control over their lives and their community. The Resource …

This article examines how Indigenous women who receive intercultural healthcare programs
manage to develop cooperation networks, get involved in community affairs and improve …

The PHCUC project, developed by the Women's Health Group at the College of Nursing,
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), seeks to implement the PHC strategy in two low …

Why at this time do the concepts of community empowerment and partici-patory education
merit two special issues of Henlth Education Quarterly? What can we learn from groups and …

Abstract With the 1978 Alma Ata declaration, community participation was brought to the fore
as a key component of primary health care. This paper describes how the concepts of …