Open AccessSTEP BY STEP ON A PIECE OF STRING: AN ILLUSTRATION OF COMMUNITY WORK AS A SOCIAL HEALTH STRATEGY
Author(s) -
McWaters Nancy,
Hurwood Chris,
Morton David
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
community health studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.946
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1753-6405
pISSN - 0314-9021
DOI - 10.1111/j.1753-6405.1989.tb00173.x
Subject(s) - empowerment , work (physics) , sociology , isolation (microbiology) , community health , string (physics) , public relations , rural community , service (business) , nursing , medicine , business , political science , public health , engineering , marketing , socioeconomics , mechanical engineering , physics , microbiology and biotechnology , quantum mechanics , law , biology
This article describes the development of a community work approach to the problem of isolation within a semi‐rural and urban community. Reasons for adopting a community work emphasis within this community health service are explained. Two projects which illustrate ways in which the approach was put into practice are described and implications and issues for health workers are discussed using community participation, empowerment, and co‐ordination of services as a basis for discussion.