The role of stakeholder structure in fostering community ownership : A case study of community-based projects

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Community health projects have played a crucial role in improving health issues. Listening to communities' voices and achieving community ownership are essential for conducting effective health projects. However, there are limited studies on the frameworks for collecting, aggregating, and operationalizing community preferences and values. In this study, we selected two cases of community field surveys from Japan and Cambodia to discuss who may represent a community and propose a practical approach to achieving community ownership. Both cases involved various stakeholders. From the insights of these two cases, we suggested the following three key components in the community project: the community representative, the communicator, and the institute outside the community. Notably, the community representative's role as the community's direct voice should be properly recognized and institutionalised to establish community ownership. We proposed the following key terms of the qualifications of community representatives: they should be able to represent voices from the community, should have extensive experience to decide the project direction and manage the project, and should be independent of outside actors. Our theoretical model of the structure of different stakeholder groups in community-based projects will be helpful to accelerate community capacity strengthening; moreover, it can help build the appropriate community institution and process, including multi-stakeholder groups to promote community ownership in health programs.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:39

Enthalten in:

The International journal of health planning and management - 39(2024), 2 vom: 28. März, Seite 593-601

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kobashi, Yurie [VerfasserIn]
Goto, Aya [VerfasserIn]
Chi, Chunhuei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Citizen science
Community ownership
Community representative
Community-based participatory research
Global health
International health
Journal Article

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 04.03.2024

Date Revised 04.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/hpm.3750

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366461737