1. Community participation for transformative action on women's, children's and adolescents' health.
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Marston, Cicely, Hinton, Rachael, Kean, Stuart, Baral, Sushil, Ahuja, Arti, Costello, Anthony, and Portela, Anayda
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MORTALITY prevention , *CHILD health services , *CHILDREN'S health , *COMMUNITY health services , *HEALTH promotion , *HUMAN rights , *MEDICAL care , *HEALTH policy , *PUBLIC health , *RESPONSIBILITY , *SOCIAL justice , *ADOLESCENT health , *WOMEN'S health , *COMMUNITY support , *PATIENT-centered care , *HEALTH & social status - Abstract
The Global strategy for women's, children's and adolescents' health (2016-2030) recognizes that people have a central role in improving their own health. We propose that community participation, particularly communities working together with health services (co-production in health care), will be central for achieving the objectives of the global strategy. Community participation specifically addresses the third of the key objectives: to transform societies so that women, children and adolescents can realize their rights to the highest attainable standards of health and well-being. In this paper, we examine what this implies in practice. We discuss three interdependent areas for action towards greater participation of the public in health: improving capabilities for individual and group participation; developing and sustaining people-centred health services; and social accountability. We outline challenges for implementation, and provide policy-makers, programme managers and practitioners with illustrative examples of the types of participatory approaches needed in each area to help achieve the health and development goals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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