Original Research

The levels of Community Involvement in Health (CIH): a case of rural and urban communities in KwaZulu-Natal

G.G. Mchunu
Curationis | Vol 32, No 1 | a853 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v32i1.853 | © 2009 G.G. Mchunu | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 28 September 2009 | Published: 28 September 2009

About the author(s)

G.G. Mchunu, University of Kwa Zulu -Natal, School of Nursing, Desmond Clarence Building, 4th Floor, Room 416, Durban, 4041, South Africa

Full Text:

PDF (426KB)

Abstract

The study aimed to describe the practice of community involvement in health programmes.The study therefore explored the nature and practice of community involvementin health programmes in the two communities in KwaZulu Natal. Thestudy was guided by the conceptual framework adapted from Amstein’s,( 1969) Ladderof Citizen Participation. This framework shows different levels and steps in communityparticipation. A case study method was used to conduct the study. The twocases were one urban based and one rural based community health centers in theIlembe health district, in Kwa Zulu Natal. A sample of 31 persons participated in thestudy. The sample comprised 8 registered nurses, 2 enrolled nurses 13 communitymembers and 8 community health workers. Data was collected using structured individualinterviews and focus group interviews, and was guided by the case protocol.Community involvement in health largely depended on the type of community, withrural community members being in charge of their health projects and urban communitymembers helping each other as neighbours in times of need.

Keywords

No related keywords in the metadata.

Metrics

Total abstract views: 4444
Total article views: 4126

 

Crossref Citations

1. Listening to diverse community voices: the tensions of responding to community expectations in developing a male circumcision program for HIV prevention in Papua New Guinea
Anna Tynan, Peter S Hill, Angela Kelly, Martha Kupul, Herick Aeno, Richard Naketrumb, Peter Siba, John Kaldor, Andrew Vallely
BMC Public Health  vol: 13  issue: 1  year: 2013  
doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-749

2. La pratique infirmière d’éducation pour la santé : une revue critique de la littérature pour une conception inclusive
Natacha Bielinski, Sylvie Gendron
Revue Francophone Internationale de Recherche Infirmière  vol: 7  issue: 3  first page: 100253  year: 2021  
doi: 10.1016/j.refiri.2021.100253

3. The Rise of Black Feminist Intellectual Thought and Political Activism in Perinatal Quality Improvement: A Righteous Rage about Racism, Resistance, Resilience, and Rigor
Karen A. Scott
Feminist Anthropology  vol: 2  issue: 1  first page: 155  year: 2021  
doi: 10.1002/fea2.12045

4. First, Do No Harm: Why Philanthropy Needs to Re-Examine Its Role in Reproductive Equity and Racial Justice
Karen A. Scott, Stephanie Bray, Monica R. McLemore
Health Equity  vol: 4  issue: 1  first page: 17  year: 2020  
doi: 10.1089/heq.2019.0094

5. The architecture and effect of participation: a systematic review of community participation for communicable disease control and elimination. Implications for malaria elimination
Jo-An Atkinson, Andrew Vallely, Lisa Fitzgerald, Maxine Whittaker, Marcel Tanner
Malaria Journal  vol: 10  issue: 1  year: 2011  
doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-225

6. Community involvement in health services at Namayumba and Bobi health centres: A case study
Jane F. Namatovu, Fred Ndoboli, Julius Kuule, Innocent Besigye
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine  vol: 6  issue: 1  year: 2014  
doi: 10.4102/phcfm.v6i1.613

7. Enhancing community participation for environmental health improvement in rural Tanzania: Evidence from Bukombe district
Ally Rajab Mketo, Cliford J. Ringo, Said Nuhu, Chakupewa Joseph Mpambije
Evaluation and Program Planning  vol: 94  first page: 102152  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2022.102152

8. Using photovoice to examine community level barriers affecting maternal health in rural Wakiso district, Uganda
David Musoke, Elizabeth Ekirapa-Kiracho, Rawlance Ndejjo, Asha George
Reproductive Health Matters  vol: 23  issue: 45  first page: 136  year: 2015  
doi: 10.1016/j.rhm.2015.06.011

9. No “Magic Bullet”: Exploring Community Mobilization Strategies Used in a Multi-site Community Based Randomized Controlled Trial: Project Accept (HPTN 043)
Virginia A. Tedrow, Carla E. Zelaya, Caitlin E. Kennedy, Stephen F. Morin, Gertrude Khumalo-Sakutukwa, Michael D. Sweat, David D. Celentano
AIDS and Behavior  vol: 16  issue: 5  first page: 1217  year: 2012  
doi: 10.1007/s10461-011-0009-9