Practicing Hope
Enhancing Empowerment in Primary Health Care through Community‐based Participatory Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11053243 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura Chanchien Parajón (Family and Community Medicine University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM USA), Laura Parajón (University of New Mexico, corresponding author), Jessica Hinshaw (0000-0002-9264-3067, George Washington University Washington DC USA), Victoria Sánchez (0000-0003-3782-5017, University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM USA), Meredith Minkler (0000-0002-7269-1221, University of California Berkeley School of Public Health Berkeley CA USA), Nina Wallerstein (0000-0002-1969-0799, University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM USA) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 297-311 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-0562 • E-ISSN: 1573-2770 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajcp.12526 |
| PMID | 34114236 |
| OpenAlex | W3170384511 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 23 |
The World Health Organization's (WHO’s) Declaration of Alma Ata in 1978 made Primary Health Care (PHC) the official health policy of all WHO member countries, stressing the importance of multisectoral collaboration and community empowerment as critical for delivering quality primary healthcare and public health services to achieve social justice and health equity. Over forty years later, a divide remains between seeing individual patients in the traditional biomedical model and addressing population‐level social determinants of health. One promising approach for the intentional and active integration of multi‐sectoral partnering practices and community empowerment into Primary Health Care is the use of community‐based participatory research (CBPR). The power of CBPR lies in its systematic approach to facilitating equitable collaboration of partners based on community priorities and strengths and is increasingly recognized for improving health equity outcomes. This paper highlights the use of CBPR as a promising practice for healthcare organizations to bridge the gap between the traditional individual patient focus and the comprehensive primary healthcare approach from WHO. We use a narrative case study from A Ministry of Sharing (AMOS) Health and Hope, a PHC organization in Nicaragua, to illustrate the use of the CBPR model as an implementation framework that facilitated the transformation of structures, policies, and practices as AMOS created multi‐sector partnerships and embraced community empowerment as part of its strategic and comprehensive approach to health equity
Community health · Community-based participatory research · Empowerment · Equity (law) · Health care · Health equity · Participatory action research · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Social determinants of health · Sociology · Community Health and Development · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Health Policy Implementation Science · Medicine · Nursing
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |