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Using Health Committees to Promote Community Participation as a Social Determinant of the Right to Health: Lessons from Uganda and South Africa.

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: More recently, attention has focused on the elements of health system governance that enable greater responsiveness to community needs. However, there is relatively little by way of interventions linking human rights approaches to governance in ways that recognize participation as a critical social determinant of the right to health. This paper provides perspectives from a three-year intervention whose general objective was to develop and test models of good practice for health committees in South Africa and Uganda. It describes the aspects that we found critical for enhancing the potential of such committees in driving community participation as a social determinant of the right to health.

Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)

Authors: Moses Mulumba, Leslie London, Juliana Nantaba, Charles Ngwena

Institutions: Center for Health, Human Rights and Development, University of Pretoria, University of Cape Town, Uganda Christian University

Language: English

Topic: Community Health and Development

Subfield: General Health Professions

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2950209949

FWCI: 4.581

Cites: 6

Cited by: 26

Related to: 10