Building cooperative learning to address alcohol and other drug abuse in Mpumalanga, South Africa: a participatory action research process
Oladapo Oladeinde, Denny Mabetha, Rhian Twine, Jennifer Hove, Maria van der Merwe, Peter Byass, Sophie Witter, Kathleen Kahn, Lucia D’Ambruoso
Abstract
: There is significant willingness and capacity among community stakeholders to work in partnership with authorities to address priority health concerns. As a process, participation can help to raise and frame issues, which may help to better inform action and encourage shared responsibility. Broader understandings of participation require reference to, and ultimately transfer of power towards, those most directly affected, developing community voice as continuous processes within social and political environments.
Topics & Concepts
Public relationsPublic healthAccountabilityParticipatory action researchGeneral partnershipPolitical scienceSociologyMedicineNursingLawAnthropologyHealth Policy Implementation ScienceMental Health and Patient InvolvementCommunity Health and Development