title: Augmenting frameworks for appraising the practices of community-based health interventions.
abstract: This paper aims at augmenting the frameworks proposed by Rifkin in 1996 to distinguish between target-oriented and empowerment approaches to participation in community-based health interventions. In her paper, Rifkin defined three criteria: who makes decisions on resource allocation, expected outcome and outcome assessment. We propose five additional criteria: the definition of community, the characteristics of the capacity-building process, the leadership characteristics, the documentation process, and ethical issues regarding participation. Derived from our analysis of a community-based project, the proposed criteria are discussed in the light of the principles of Popular Education and other literature on community participation. The augmented frameworks are intended to assist health professionals and planners interested in the empowerment approach of community participation to consciously sharpen their practice.
authors: Institute of Tropical Medicine 'Pedro Kourí', Havana City, Cuba. dennis@ipk.sld.cu
authors: Dennis
authors: D
authors: Pérez
authors: Pierre
authors: P
authors: Lefèvre
authors: Maria Isabel
authors: MI
authors: Romero
authors: Lizet
authors: L
authors: Sánchez
authors: Pol
authors: P
authors: De Vos
authors: Patrick
authors: P
authors: Van der Stuyft
mesh_terms: D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods*; D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003256:Community Participation; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D010865:Pilot Projects; D040841:Resource Allocation