Open AccessCommunity participation in health, family planning and development activities: A review of international experiences
Author(s) -
Abbas Bhuiya
Publication year - 1996
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.31899/rh1996.1010
Subject(s) - sustainability , government (linguistics) , business , scale (ratio) , service delivery framework , family planning , monitoring and evaluation , economic growth , service (business) , quality (philosophy) , public relations , political science , environmental planning , environmental health , medicine , marketing , geography , population , ecology , philosophy , linguistics , cartography , economics , research methodology , biology , epistemology
The family planning (FP)/maternal and child health (MCH) program in Bangladesh has achieved success in the recent past, mostly through a large-scale government service-delivery system with support and cooperation from donors and nongovernmental organizations. There is concern about the financial and social sustainability of the program. Other issues include achievement of replacement-level fertility within a stipulated period and improvement of MCH-FP service quality. It is widely believed that most of the concerns will be taken care of with effective community participation. Before activating community initiatives, it is worth carrying out action research. A literature review was completed from July to October 1996 to identify a range of models used for increasing community participation and experiences in terms of implementation, management, financing, monitoring and evaluation, and sustainability in both rural and urban areas. Attempts were also made to identify a set of indicators to assess the level of community participation in these programs. This report documents the results of the review.