Community Engagement in Support of Moving Toward Universal Health Coverage
Community engagement describes a complex political process with dynamic negotiation and renegotiation of power and authority between providers and recipients of health care in order to achieve a shared goal of universal health care coverage. Though examples exist of community engagement projects, th...
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Taylor & Francis Group,
2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | Community engagement describes a complex political process with dynamic negotiation and renegotiation of power and authority between providers and recipients of health care in order to achieve a shared goal of universal health care coverage. Though examples exist of community engagement projects, there is very little guidance on how to implement and embed community engagement as a concerted, integrated, strategic, and sustained component of health systems. Through a series of case studies, this article explores the factors that enable community engagement particularly with a direct impact on health systems. |
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| Item Description: | 2328-8604 2328-8620 10.1080/23288604.2018.1541497 |