Community participation in health activities in an Amazon community of Brazil.
This article describes community participation in a comprehensive eight-year health program at Porto Nacional, a town in Brazils Amazon region. The authors discuss various techniques employed to encourage community participation, indicate methods used to resolve low-key conflicts in a positive manner, describe the major contributions made by community participation in this program, and present a number of conclusions considered applicable to other communities in this part of Brazil.
D001938:Brazil; D002662:Child Health Services; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D003153:Community Health Services; D003256:Community Participation; D003677:Deficiency Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D006295:Health Resources; D006306:Health Surveys; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012736:Sex Education; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors