Community organizing and community health: piloting an innovative approach to community engagement applied to an early intervention project in south London.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The importance of community engagement in health is widely recognized, and key themes in UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommendations for enhancing community engagement are co-production and community control. This study reports an innovative approach to community engagement using the community-organizing methodology, applied in an intervention of social support to increase social capital, reduce stress and improve well-being in mothers who were pregnant and/or with infants aged 0-2 years.

Methods

Professional community organizers in Citizens-UK worked with local member civic institutions in south London to facilitate social support to a group of 15 new mothers. Acceptability of the programme, adherence to principles of co-produc

SUBMITTER: Bolton M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4750521 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature