Community Participation
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
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Introduction
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Community is a
social entity that is made up of peoples or families having the below mentioned
characteristic’s
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Living
in the same geographical area
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Share common goals
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Similar development aspirations
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Common leadership & tradition
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Common system of communication
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Sociologically & Psychologically linked
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Community Participation is process under which a community
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Mobilizes its resources
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Initiate responsibilities for its own
development
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Take responsibilities for its own development
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Share in decision making for the
implementation of all development programmes to improve health status
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AIMS of Community Participation includes
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The development of community self reliance
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Development of critical awareness in the
community
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Development of problem solving skills
Community
Participation Types & Dimensions
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Types
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Passive (Individual
and families are only the audiences)
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Active (Community
peoples involves in the task but not in the decision making)
o Involvement (Community peoples involved in all aspects i.e., thinking,
planning, acting & evaluating)
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Dimensions
o Involvement
o Mass contribution
o Benefits sharing
Factors
Affecting Community Participation
o Relevance & Accountability
o Education status
o Infrastructure of the community
o Economic factors
o Social & Cultural factors
o Intersectoral collaboration
o Political stability
o Leadership, motivation & sense of ownership
o Available resources
Process
of Community Participation
o Analysis of need & requirement
o Designing of Programme as per the need
o Create awareness in the community about the
o Generating interest in the peoples for the
o Leave the Programme to the care of peoples with aided
guidance
o Occasionally follow up to sort out any problem
Limitations
of Community Participation
o Participation doesn’t occur automatically
o Participation leads to decentralization
o Can develop dependency syndrome
o Results in the shifting of burden into poor
o It involves time
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