Importance Of Community Participation In Health Care

IntroductionCommunity is a group of people who share some type of connection, who interrelate with each other and who function mutually regarding shared concerns. Community participation refers to a change in emphasis from external agencies supplying health services, to the people of a community becoming active participants in their own health care. This means that the community members become partners in health care by generating their own ideas; assessing their needs, by involvement in decision making processes, planning, implementing, and even evaluating the care they receive (Mchunu, 2005). This assignment is a part of the subject, (Primary Health Care & Change PUB311) which I am studying in the 7th semester of Bachelors of Primary Health

It is the basic level of health care for individuals, family and public with the national health system carrying health care as close as possible to where individuals are living and working, and establishes the first element of a continuing health care process.Community participation plays an important part in understanding effective PHC in the community. The community can contribute in many ways and at every stage of

There are certain features which can be seen only from a participative community. People from such communities are healthier both socially and mentally.
1) First of all, in a participating community several numbers of people are involved in the community’s activities such as beach cleaning programs, sports activities and dengue controlling activities.
2) Secondly, in a participating community, people from all the groups get involved and they divide the responsibilities/activities in a way that people with special talents and interests are contributed to the activities. They would have distributed the power and responsibilities equally.
3) In a participating community they conduct their activities or the programmes in an open way rather than keeping it private.
4) In a participating community every single idea or opinion is welcomed and treated with respect. They do not consider any opinion as a bad idea.
5) In a participating community there is no discrimination among various groups. They treat everyone equally regardless their race, religion or ethnicity.
6) People from a participative community behave more openly and they live more open