Overall, community engagement interventions are effective in improving health behaviours,
health consequences, participant self-efficacy and perceived social support for …

Background Inequalities in health are acknowledged in many developed countries, whereby
disadvantaged groups systematically suffer from worse health outcomes such as lower life …

Executive summary This report examines the evidence for the effectiveness of initiatives
seeking to engage communities in action to address the wider social determinants of …

Community engagement is central to national strategies for promoting health, yet there have
been few attempts to systematically review the evidence on the impact of initiatives that aim …

Background Although community engagement (CE) is widely used in health promotion,
components of CE models associated with improved health are poorly understood. This …

Community engagement is central to strategies to promote health and well‐being and
reduce health inequalities in many countries, particularly interventions which focus on …

Community engagement is critical to accelerate and improve implementation of evidence-
based interventions to reduce health inequities. Community-engaged dissemination and …

Background Action on the social determinants of health is considered a necessary approach
to improving health equity. Most of the social determinants of health lie outside the sphere of …

Background Government policy increasingly supports engaging communities to promote
health. It is critical to consider whether such strategies are effective, for whom, and under …

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 …