Leddy, Anna M Mantsios, Andrea Davis, Wendy Muraleetharan, Ohvia Shembilu, Catherine Mwampashi, Ard Beckham, S Wilson Galai, Noya Likindikoki, Samuel Mbwambo, Jessie
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Culture, health & sexuality
Globally, female sex workers bear a disproportionate burden of HIV, with those in sub-Saharan Africa being among the most affected. Community empowerment approaches have proven successful at preventing HIV among this population. These approaches facilitate a process whereby sex workers take collective ownership over programmes to address the barrie...
Wirawan, I M A Wirawan, D N Kurniasari, N M D Merati, K T P
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Health promotion international
The increasing number of travelers to Bali has been accompanied by the increased risks of travel-related health problems. Travel agents and tour guides are in a key position to inform travelers about these matters; nonetheless, little evidence was found on their role in the promotion of travel health. This article aims to assess travel agent and to...
Sulistyawati, Sulistyawati
Background: Integrated efforts that involve many public health sectors are required to combatdengue in any setting. Hospitals are responsible for providing accurate diagnosis and reportingconfirmed dengue cases to the health authorities, which serves as an alarm for increasingpreventive measures. Community participation in dengue vector control is ...
Gjorgjev, Dragan Dimovska, Mirjana Morris, George Howie, John Borota Popovska, Mirjana Topuzovska Latkovikj, Marija
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
This study describes the implementation, in North Macedonia, of a “tool”, initially devised in Scotland, to generate community and stakeholder discussion about the places in which they live and notably a place’s capacity to generate health wellbeing and greater equity among citizens. In this study, the “place standard tool” (PST) is viewed from the...
McGowan, V J Wistow, J Lewis, S J Popay, J Bambra, C
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Journal of public health (Oxford, England)
Area-based initiatives that include a focus on community empowerment are increasingly being seen as potentially an important way of improving health and reducing inequalities. However, there is little empirical evidence on the pathways between communities having more control and health outcomes. To identify pathways to health improvement in a commu...
khalid, shahrukh ahmad, muhammad shakil ramayah, t. hwang, jinsoo kim, insin
Though community empowerment and sustainable tourism development (STD) have been discussed in the existing literature, little research has focused on the elaborate mechanisms between these two variables. Therefore, the present study examines the relationship between community empowerment and STD, along with the mediating role played by community su...
Kerrigan, Deanna Mbwambo, Jessie Likindikoki, Samuel Davis, Wendy Mantsios, Andrea Beckham, S Wilson Leddy, Anna Shembilu, Catherine Mwampashi, Ard Aboud, Said
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Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)
To determine the impact of a community empowerment model of combination HIV prevention (Project Shikamana) among female sex workers (FSW) in Iringa, Tanzania. We conducted a 2-community randomized trial. Intervention elements included the following: (1) Community-led drop-in center and mobilization activities; (2) venue-based peer education, condom...
Melo, Pedro Alves, Odete
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Healthcare
Community empowerment has been studied as a process and result phenomenon throughout the last 40 years. Community partnership, which has been studied during the last 20 years, has been identified as a key process to promote intervention and research within communities. In this paper, we introduce the relation between these two concepts, from the re...
hoppe, thomas de vries, gerdien
The transition to low carbon energy systems cannot solely rely on technological innovation. It also requires social innovation. In the context of energy transition social innovation can be defined as innovation that is social in its means and which contributes to low carbon energy transition, civic empowerment and social goals pertaining to the gen...
ruducha, jenny huang, xinran potter, james hariharan, divya ahmad, danish kumar, sampath mohanan, p. s. hazra, avishek
The limitations of individual level interventions in changing behaviors to improve global maternal, newborn and child health have generated more interest in the patterns of social influence and decision making embedded in families, friends and communities. The purpose of this study is to expand the understanding of village dynamics in India and how...
