Background While community participation is an established pro-equity approach in Primary
Health Care (PHC), it can take many forms, and the central category of power is under …

Background Community participation is widely believed to be beneficial to the development,
implementation and evaluation of health services. However, many challenges to successful …

The first draft report produced by Rene Loewenson was peer reviewed by Sarah Simpson,
Patty Geritty and Susan Mende, whose comments are gratefully acknowledged. The revised …

Background Many international health policies recognise the World Health Organization's
(2008) vision that communities should be involved in shaping primary healthcare services …

Community participation and leadership is a central tenet of public health policy and
practice. Community engagement approaches are used in a variety of ways to facilitate …

Community participation was identified as one of the key components of Primary Health
Care as articulated in the Alma Ata declaration of 1978 and is enjoying a renewal of interest …

Engaging the community in initiatives to improve health and inequalities is a prominent
feature of contemporary public health approaches. Yet, how 'community'might be differently …

Community and public participation and involvement is an underpinning principle of primary
health care, an essential component of a social justice-orientated approach to health care …

There are now several decades of history of community participation in health, with
significant international evidence to suggest that there is much to be gained by primary …

Purpose A community-centred approach to health called Community Wellbeing Practices
(CWP) is being offered to patients at all 17 GP practices in Halton in order to respond more …