Are People willing to Participate in Solving their own Health-related Problems? (Case Study of Kermanshah, Iran)

Sohyla  Reshadat; Seyed Ramin  Ghasemi; Nader  Rajabi Gilan; Ali  Azizi; Mansour  Rezaei; Ali Almasi

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Are People willing to Participate in Solving their own Health-related Problems? (Case Study of Kermanshah, Iran)

Author(s):

Sohyla Reshadat¹,

Seyed Ramin Ghasemi^1,*,

Nader Rajabi Gilan¹,

Ali Azizi¹,

Mansour Rezaei¹,

Ali Almasi¹

1Social Development & Health Promotion Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

Journal of Health Reports and Technology:Vol. 1, issue 2; e74050

Published online:Apr 25, 2016

Article type:Case Report

Received:May 20, 2015

Accepted:Mar 02, 2016

How to Cite:Sohyla ReshadatSeyed Ramin GhasemiNader Rajabi GilanAli AziziMansour RezaeiAli Almasiet al.Are People willing to Participate in Solving their own Health-related Problems? (Case Study of Kermanshah, Iran).J Health Rep Technol.1(2):e74050.

Abstract

Community participation has been suggested to achieve a healthier life. The aim of our research was to encourage popular participation in the population research station project in Kermanshah, Iran, and to subsequently survey the viewpoint of the community. In this project, we first interviewed policymakers, researchers, public representatives, stakeholders, members of nongovernment organizations (NGOs), and clerical authorities in order to gain their participation. We then identified the existing capacities of human and physical resources of the district, and we organized community participation. In the second part of the project, we surveyed the viewpoint of people on participation. We identified social, political, economic, cultural, and organizational factors that required mandatory intersectional participation in order to be resolved. In our study, 64.8% of people were satisfied with their participatory activities as moderate to high. This study demonstrates that enabling people, leading them, and encouraging social participation are available solutions to many health-related problems.

Keywords

Community Participation

Society

Health

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