[Factors related to community participation in primary care in the province of Toledo].
OBJECTIVE
To identify how many professionals have, in their view, some experience of community participation (CP); how many have a positive attitude to CP; and other associated factors.


METHODS
Observational, analytic, crossover study.


METHODS
Professionals from 22 Health Centres (HC).


METHODS
A questionnaire on attitudes, knowledge and behaviour.


RESULTS
220 (67%) of the 330 professionals who received the survey replied. More than half of these considered that CP in the HC was important. 49% had some experience of this question: of these 59% evaluated their experience was successful, a variable which was linked to work satisfaction, attachment to the HC for less than one year or more than five and being a nursing professional. The main problem was considered to be lack of preparation; and the main cause of failure of experiments was defective planning. 95% of professionals were willing to work on health projects involving community participation.


CONCLUSIONS
Even accepting the difficulty of measuring attitudes, knowledge and behaviour, the idea and that the positive attitudes and/or experiences of Primary Care health professionals to CP are a chance phenomenon is rejected. An intervention study to check the hypotheses suggested in this study concerning the variable factors which favour success in community health participation is proposed.
Pérez-Franco
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Centro de Salud La Estación (Talavera de la Reina), Consejería de Sanidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo.
Turabián
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JL
Magaña Loarte
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Manzano Cano
J
J
Fernández
L
L
Juárez
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M
D003256:Community Participation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D011320:Primary Health Care; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Factores asociados a la participación comunitaria en la atención primaria de la provincia de Toledo.