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Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Health Promotion
  • Community Development

Background:

  • Community capacity building is recognized as vital for effective health promotion.
  • The concept of community capacity building is interpreted in various ways within the literature.
  • Understanding the context of capacity building is essential due to the diverse definitions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review and analyze definitions of community capacity building in health promotion.
  • To trace the evolution of these definitions from the 1990s to 2006.
  • To identify commonalities and divergences in the conceptualization of community capacity building.

Main Methods:

  • A comprehensive literature review of community capacity building definitions.
  • Analysis of definitions from the 1990s through the World Health Organization's 2006 Health Promotion Glossary.
  • Identification of recurring components across various definitions.

Main Results:

  • Definitions of community capacity building share a common three-feature formula.
  • Feature 1: It is identified as a process or approach.
  • Feature 2: It involves a set of domains (characteristics, capabilities, dimensions).
  • Feature 3: Definitions include an outcome or rationale for building capacity.

Conclusions:

  • The analysis challenges the notion that 'capacity building' lacks a clear definition.
  • A consistent formula for defining community capacity building has been identified.
  • This formula can be practically applied by communities to define capacity building within their unique contexts.