Developing community and agency engagement in an action research study in South Wales

摘要: Public policy initiatives in both health and social economic regeneration stress the importance of involving lay publics formulation delivery services that affect them. While this approach promises will be more relevant, effective sustainable areas they target, adopting such an also presents a number fundamental challenges to which it is important give due consideration if effective. Drawing on experience action research area multiple deprivation South Wales, paper consider some general theoretical practical involved achieving successful community agency engagement. The was conducted under Welsh Assembly Government's Sustainable Health Action Research Programme (SHARP).