Community participation in health services development, implementation, and evaluation: A systematic review of empowerment, health, community, and process outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community participation is widely believed to be beneficial to the development, implementation and evaluation of health services. However, many challenges to successful and sustainable community involvement remain. Importantly, there is little evidence on the effect of community participation in terms of outcomes at both the community and individual level. Our systematic review seeks to examine the evidence on outcomes of community participation in high and upper-middle income countries.

Methods and findings

This review was developed according to PRISMA guidelines. Eligible studies included those that involved the community, service users, consumers, households, patients, public and their representatives in the development, implementation, and evaluation of health

SUBMITTER: Haldane V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6510456 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature