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

As a key principle of Primary Health Care (PHC) and Health Systems Reform, community
participation has a prominent place in the current global dialogue. Participation is not only …

Background Community participation is a major principle of people centered health systems,
with considerable research highlighting its intrinsic value and strategic importance. Existing …

In recent decades, there has been remarkable growth in scholarship examining the
usefulness of community-engaged research (CEnR) and community-based participatory …

Introduction: The concept of participation has been extensively used in health and social
care literature since the World Health Organization introduced its description in the …

Community participation in health (CPH) has been advocated as a health-improving strategy
for many decades. However, CPH comes in many different forms, one of which is the use of …

Background Major health inequities between urban and rural populations have resulted in
rural health as a reform priority across a number of countries. However, while there is some …

Human liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini, a food-borne trematode is a significant public
health problem in Southeast Asia, particularly in Thailand. Despite a long history of control …

This substantially revised edition of a highly topical text draws upon theory from Marx and
Bourdieu to offer a clearer understanding of community in capitalist society. The book takes …

Background Citizen participation in health service co-production is increasingly enacted. A
reason for engaging community members is to co-design services that are locally …