Participatory approaches in health promotion and health planning
Rifkin S., Draper A., Lewando Hundt G. (2000) Participatory approaches in health promotion and health planning: A literature review, Health Development Agency
(ISBN: 1-84279-002-1) pp. 126
As part of its exploratory research programme on inequalities and vulnerable groups the Health Education Authority set up ten expert groups (with seven key population groups (older people, low income groups, the homeless, refugees, people with mental health problems, lone parents, and children and young people) and with three different approaches (community, primary health care and mass media).
As a result of these consultations the HEA commissioned a literature review of Participatory approaches in health promotion and health planning. This work was carried out by Drs Susan Rifkin, Gillian Lewando-Hundt and Alizon Draper at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. This report contains a critical review of the contribution of participatory approaches to health promotion, including an assessment of the opportunities and challenges that they currently present. These are examined in the context of poverty alleviation and the reduction of health inequalities, issues central to health promotion in the UK today. The review also contains information on the methods and tools used in participatory approaches, illustrative case studies and information sources.
