title: The voice of the public in public health policy and planning: the role of public judgment.
abstract: Community involvement with public health planning and implementation are vital to improving community health. There are a variety of community health models that are available. We describe these four models from the perspective of how they involve the broader community. These models are evaluated from a different perspective about linking the community and politics and agencies, that involves naming issues, framing options, public deliberation and public acting. We suggest ways that these models can be further refined to connect citizens to the processes that we use for community health improvement.
authors.affiliation: Kettering Foundation, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0003, USA. Scutch@uky.edu
authors.forename: F Douglas
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Scutchfield
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ireson
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D005060:Europe; D006285:Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D011639:Public Opinion; D014481:United States