Stakeholder participation
Interest in promoting participation as a feature of health system reform is not new. With the rise of Primary Health Care in the 1970s, community involvement and "empowerment" were seen as essential ingredients of health improvement. During the 1980s, by contrast, the term "participation" became widely used to describe self-provision or cost-sharing measures.
More recently, the emphasis has shifted to stakeholder consultation in sector reform (through SWAps and PRSPs). With the rise of rights-based approaches, emphasis is increasingly being placed on the participation of service users not as "beneficiaries" or "consumers" but as citizens who have the right to have a say in the shaping of health policy.
- Effectiveness of district health boards in interceding for the community
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This study, produced by the Institute of Economic and Social Research (INESOR) at the University of Zambia, aims to assess the effectiveness of health governance structures, in the form of District Health Boards (DHBs) in enhancing equity of access and community participation in the delivery of health care services in Zambia.
Recommended readings
- Participation and accountability in health systems: the missing factor in equity?
- ( R. Loewenson / EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa , 2000)
- This paper discusses how to improve equity in health systems. In particular, it argues that social dimensions such as social networking, participation and governance are critical factors for vertical...
- Beneficiary, consumer, citizen: perspectives on participation for poverty reduction
- ( A. Cornwall / Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency , 2000)
- Published by Sida, this book traces the evolution of the concept of “participation” in the development discourse since its emergence in the late 1970s. It addresses the new challenges presented by an ...
- Technical note on enhancing stakeholder participation in aid activities
- ( Department for International Development, UK , 1995)
- This technical note, produced by the Department for International Development (DFID), aims to define what constitutes good practice when using participatory approaches to development, based on the exp...
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- The impact of demographic transformation on the health of the urban poor
- ( M. R. Montgomery / Population Reference Bureau , 2009)
- This bulletin, published by the Population Reference Bureau, provides a sketch of urban health in developing countries, documenting the intra-urban differences in health for a number of countries and ...
- Strengthening the role of WHO in global health systems
- ( World Health Organization , 2007)
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It will be impossible to achieve national and international goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), without greater and more effective investment in health systems and services. T...
