The architecture and effect of participation: a systematic review of community participation for communicable disease control and elimination. Implications for malaria elimination.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community engagement and participation has played a critical role in successful disease control and elimination campaigns in many countries. Despite this, its benefits for malaria control and elimination are yet to be fully realized. This may be due to a limited understanding of the influences on participation in developing countries as well as inadequate investment in infrastructure and resources to support sustainable community participation. This paper reports the findings of an atypical systematic review of 60 years of literature in order to arrive at a more comprehensive awareness of the constructs of participation for communicable disease control and elimination and provide guidance for the current malaria elimination campaign.

Methods

Evidence derived from

SUBMITTER: Atkinson JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3171376 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature