The evolution of community involvement in public health community-based efforts: a case study.

摘要: Abstract It is the opinion of many practitioners and analysts public health efforts that community involvement necessary to improve local status. The nature involvement, however, can vary among projects, sites in same project through time site. Clear conceptions assist foreseeing potential activities, outcomes challenges any particular community-based effort. Himmelman's concepts betterment empowerment offer a useful framework when community-involvement entails direct participation organizations constituencies. These two are ends continuum whereby movement from effort, there an increase ownership self-determination over all aspects project. This paper presents empirical investigation one effort which instances bet...