Introduction: For over forty years, community participation has been a central component of a well-functioning health system. Despite its important role there are many difficulties in defining and understanding community participation as part of governance. Through a case study of selected health unit management committees in Uganda, this paper demonstrates that these committees can be structures for community participation and vehicles for democratic governance in health systems that advance health equity. Guided by the theoretical underpinnings of deliberative democracy the paper evaluates the performance of health unit management committees as a mechanism for citizen participation in health systems. Methods: This paper uses a qualitativ...
Objectives: In South Africa, and globally, community participation has become a key feature in the h...
Community Health Committees (CHCs) are mechanisms through which communities participate in the gover...
In many low-income and 'fragile' states, citizens' committees are elected to co-manage basic social ...
Summary: Despite all global efforts to advance community participation as an important component of ...
Community participation is not only a human right in itself but an essential underlying determinant ...
Community participation is not only a human right in itself but an essential underlying determinant ...
This paper presents a case study of how colonial legacies in Uganda have affected the shape and brea...
This paper presents a case study of how colonial legacies in Uganda have affected the shape and brea...
This paper presents a case study of how colonial legacies in Uganda have affected the shape and brea...
The concept of health committees has been promoted as an effective mechanism for assisting communiti...
Background: Community-based interventions are widely accepted as an integral component of decentrali...
Background: Health committees are key mechanisms for enabling participation of community members in ...
Community participation has been a popular method of people centred, grassroots development in many ...
Community participation has been a popular method of people centred, grassroots development in many ...
In many low-income and 'fragile' states, citizens' committees are elected to co-manage basic social ...
Objectives: In South Africa, and globally, community participation has become a key feature in the h...
Community Health Committees (CHCs) are mechanisms through which communities participate in the gover...
In many low-income and 'fragile' states, citizens' committees are elected to co-manage basic social ...
Summary: Despite all global efforts to advance community participation as an important component of ...
Community participation is not only a human right in itself but an essential underlying determinant ...
Community participation is not only a human right in itself but an essential underlying determinant ...
This paper presents a case study of how colonial legacies in Uganda have affected the shape and brea...
This paper presents a case study of how colonial legacies in Uganda have affected the shape and brea...
This paper presents a case study of how colonial legacies in Uganda have affected the shape and brea...
The concept of health committees has been promoted as an effective mechanism for assisting communiti...
Background: Community-based interventions are widely accepted as an integral component of decentrali...
Background: Health committees are key mechanisms for enabling participation of community members in ...
Community participation has been a popular method of people centred, grassroots development in many ...
Community participation has been a popular method of people centred, grassroots development in many ...
In many low-income and 'fragile' states, citizens' committees are elected to co-manage basic social ...
Objectives: In South Africa, and globally, community participation has become a key feature in the h...
Community Health Committees (CHCs) are mechanisms through which communities participate in the gover...
In many low-income and 'fragile' states, citizens' committees are elected to co-manage basic social ...