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Jan 11, 2017 · The previous chapter provided evidence concerning the many social, economic, and environmental factors that shape health and contribute to health disparities, and indicating that successful community-level interventions to improve health equity need to target both people and places. (See Box 4-1 for definitions of community and community-based solution as used in this report.) These factors ...
- 2017/01/11
Given that the social determinants of health inequalities are potentially modifiable, community engagement interventions can play a key role in the reduction of health inequalities. The evaluation of such interventions suggests they offer the ability to identify health inequalities and particular aspects that are uniquely identifiable through community participation [ 9 ].
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We identified a relatively large number of articles (n=186) addressing topics related to the key characteristics of community-based organizations and/or networks of community-based organizations. The literature that we identified is largely focused on high-income countries and on mental health and addictions, HIV/AIDS or general/unspecified populat...
To our knowledge, this is the first attempt to conduct a systematic scoping of the literature related to community-based organizations in the health sector. The results of the review can be used to develop our understandings of the key characteristics of community-based organizations, how they function (individually and in networks), and what roles...
In addition to the novel contribution of this review, the primary strength is the breadth of the search (18 databases and citation searches using 15 articles) and the rigorous and transparent methods we used to review and code the search results. There main limitation of our review is the potentially limited scope of our search strategy, which stem...
Given the range of terms used to describe community-based organizations, one area for future research could be to use the findings of this scoping review to further map the meanings/definitions of each in order to develop a more comprehensive typology and understanding of organizations that we describe as community-based or civil society organizati...
- Michael G Wilson, John N Lavis, Adrian Guta
- 2012
Sep 22, 2016 · Many factors influence health and well-being in a community, and many entities and individuals in the community have a role to play in responding to community health needs. The committee sees a requirement for a framework within which a community can take a comprehensive approach to maintaining and improving health: assessing its health needs, determining its resources and assets for promoting ...
- Jane S. Durch, Linda A. Bailey, Michael A. Stoto
- 1997
- 1997
While the connections of community-building initiatives and the efforts of public health and disparities programs operating in communities may seem self-evident, a recent review by Kieffer and Reischman (2004) concludes that the “reality is that many public health interventions are not coupled with community building strategies; and many groups undertaking community building do not include ...
- 2008
The public health field increasingly recognizes community organizing as a strategy for tackling deeply entrenched socioeconomic inequities at the core of health disparities. 1 What has been less ...
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The surveys helped inform our six policy recommendations: establish state and local community councils to formalize the roles of community-based organizations in public health decision making ...
