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MEASURING PARTICIPATION: ITS USE AS A MANAGERIAL TOOL FOR DISTRICT HEALTH PLANNERS BASED ON A CASE STUDY IN TANZANIA
Author(s) -
SCHMIDT DETLEF H.,
RIFKIN SUSAN B.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
the international journal of health planning and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1099-1751
pISSN - 0749-6753
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1751(199610)11:4<345::aid-hpm445>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - citation , tanzania , unit (ring theory) , sociology , library science , management , psychology , social science , mathematics education , computer science , socioeconomics , economics
While community participation has become widely practised there has been little systematic assessment of the processes involved. A framework has been developed to measure participation on a number of dimensions and this article applies this framework to a project in Tanzania. The framework helps to systematically assess the nature and extent of community participation, but a number of problems were identified as well. Suggestions are made as how to improve upon the framework and make it a useful tool for managers.