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Health Policy and Development
Department of Health Sciences of Uganda Martyrs University
ISSN: 1728-6107
EISSN: 1728-6107
Vol. 2, No. 1, 2004, pp. 7-10
Bioline Code: hp04003
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
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Health Policy and Development, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2004, pp. 7-10

 en Community participation: an abused concept?
Olico-Okui

Abstract

One of the main principles of PHC was community participation. However, the interpretation and practices of community participation are so diverse that it became different things to different people. The lessons from the understanding and application of the community participation concept are that health service is not enough as a rallying point for community participation, it is power laden, it is a process of change and context specific, and it is a slow process. It can be regarded as being an abused concept because of the cosmetic, simplistic and superficial impression it is given by its advocates. But it is well used if it empowers communities to analyse, take decisions, and gain confidence and self-esteem. To release the concept from this moribund state may require a new paradigm.

 
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