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Community involvement in health development in post-apartheid South Africa

✍ Scribed by Golda C. Chimere-Dan

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1992
Tongue
English
Weight
705 KB
Volume
7
Category
Article
ISSN
0749-6753

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

In this article, some challenges for the implementation of community involvement in health programmes in post‐apartheid South Africa are examined. Viewed against the background of racial segregation and inequalities in the South African health system, effective community involvement in health development would be an extension of ongoing democratization in which previously marginalized people in the majority population group are given the opportunity to participate in decisions and programmes affecting their health. This situation calls for sensitivity with respect to the criteria for adopting given models of community involvement and the political correlates of particular health programmes. Also, considerable patience would be required until the belated efforts to produce adequate personnel support for community involvement begins to yield returns, and until the communities experience a level of economic development which can support community health programmes financially.

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