Community participation in externally funded health projects: Lessons from Cambodia

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 399-410

  Jacobs, Bart ^a,c   Price, Neil ^b,c  

^a Enfants et Developpement   (Cambodia)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Kirivong Operational Health District ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community participation; Community based organizations; Lesson learning; NGOs; Participatory research strategies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RELIGIOUS GROUP; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAMBODIA; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; GUIDELINES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONS;

EID: 0345096475     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czg048     Document Type: Article

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