Community organizing and public health: a rapid review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Advancing health equity is a global priority within public health, requiring a focus on structural determinants of health and power imbalances. Community organizing is one strategy to cultivate community power and advance health equity by challenging oppressive systems. While examples of public health partnering with community-organizing groups and utilizing organizing methods can be found in the literature, these strategies remain an underdeveloped area for practice. This rapid review aims to uncover the benefits, challenges, and outcomes of governmental, non-profit, and academic public health partnering with community organizers and/or applying community-organizing methods.

Methods

A rapid review was conducted using PubMed and Cochrane databases. Articles were i

SUBMITTER: Jimenez C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11837658 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature