Towards a community-driven definition of community wellbeing: A qualitative study of residents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding what promotes or hinders a community's capacity to serve the priorities of its residents is essential for the alignment of citizen needs and governance. Participatory approaches that engage community residents on the topic of community wellbeing are useful methods for defining outcomes that reflect a community's goals and priorities. Using qualitative focus group methods, the aim of this study was to outline bottom-up definitions of community wellbeing from a diverse pool of community residents in Ontario, Canada.

Methods

Semi-structured, two-hour group interviews were conducted with adult (≥18 years) participants (N = 15) residing in four communities across Canada's largest province of Ontario. Participants were purposively selected from a pool of s

SUBMITTER: Michalski C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10662708 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature