Building cooperative learning to address alcohol and other drug abuse in Mpumalanga, South Africa: a participatory action research process.

ABSTRACT: Background: Alcohol and other drug (AOD) abuse is a major public health challenge disproportionately affecting marginalised communities. Involving communities in the development of responses can contribute to acceptable solutions.Objectives: To: (1) document forms, processes, and contexts of engaging communities to nominate health concerns and generate new knowledge for action; (2) further build participation in the local health system by reflecting on and adapting the process.Methods: PAR was progressed with 48 community stakeholders across three rural villages in the MRC/Wits Agincourt Health and Socio Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) in Mpumalanga, South Africa. A series of workshops explored community-nominated topics, systematised lived experience into share

SUBMITTER: Oladeinde O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7067166 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature