"Empowerment" is an essential concept in community health care. Many promoting strategies of empowerment have been published in research journals. However, how to maintain and promote it is often less discussed. What role should the local government play? How should coalitions be developed and operated in a community, especially in remote areas? Are there specific and feasible approaches? I need your discourse and practical recommendations.
I appreciate your question. It is community health care advocacy. In our community health nursing practice we use Community Organizing Participatory Action Research (COPAR) as a tool in community health care. It is a tool or approach for community development and people empowerment to assist the community workers to generate community participation in managing community health care. Organizing and mobilizing the community promotes community self reliance. There are lots of COPAR relevant references. Good luck
Thank you for the comment. I deeply appreciate your recommendations. I have an experience to use the COPAR for promoting elderly medication safety in a rural community. In order to promote the medication safety, the local volunteer was trained as a role to monitor and support elderly residents in medication compliance. Initially, the effects significantly showed out. However, the task didn't be continuously maintained because the task group was disrupted. In my opinion, the partnership didn't be cultured very well between community health professionals and local volunteers.
I recommend this e-book as a good introductory text to your question:
Laverack, G. (2007) Health Promotion Practice: building empowered communities. London. Open University Press.
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