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Community health development: what is it?

C-L Huang1, H-H Wang

  • 1Department of Nursing, Chang Jung University, Tainan, Taiwan. chhuang@mail.cju.edu.tw

International Nursing Review
|February 24, 2005
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Community health development (CHD) in Taiwan utilizes participatory action research (PAR) for evaluation. This approach is suitable for understanding complex health issues and enhancing community engagement.

Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Community Health Nursing
  • Health Care Systems

Background:

  • Taiwan's Department of Health introduced community health development (CHD) as a novel national healthcare strategy.
  • A shift from traditional to participatory research methods is evident in community-based research and evaluation.
  • The theoretical underpinnings of CHD and the suitability of participatory action research (PAR) for its evaluation require clarification.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the theoretical concepts of community health development (CHD).
  • To discuss the compatibility of participatory action research (PAR) with CHD, examining their theoretical and philosophical foundations.
  • To assess the appropriateness of PAR for evaluating CHD and enhancing its actualization.

Main Methods:

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  • Theoretical exploration of community health development (CHD) principles.
  • Analysis of the philosophical and theoretical alignment between CHD and participatory action research (PAR).
  • Discussion on the application of PAR as a methodological framework for CHD evaluation.

    • Main Results:

    • Community health development (CHD) is a dynamic process integrating social and health contexts, utilizing primary care, health promotion, and community development.
    • Partnership and empowerment between community health nurses and the community are central to CHD practice.
    • Participatory action research (PAR) emphasizes knowledge development through collaboration, empowerment, critical consciousness, and action, offering flexibility for complex health phenomena.

    Conclusions:

    • Participatory action research (PAR) provides a theoretically compatible and philosophically aligned framework for evaluating community health development (CHD).
    • The flexibility of PAR allows for a comprehensive understanding of the complex social and health dynamics within the CHD framework.
    • Utilizing PAR is appropriate for both the methodological evaluation of CHD and the enhancement of its practical implementation and outcomes.