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Community participation in primary care service delivelopment: a case study from the informal settlement Mathew Goniwe, Khayelitsha, Cape Town.

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Publisher: UCT, Comm Health
Publication Date: 5/1997
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Summary Community Participation (CP) is the cornerstone of the Primary Health Care (PHC) approach and a central tenet of current government health policy. However, the successful imlpementation of community participation is bedevilled by differences in the understanding of what is meant by community participation and what motivates health services to seek CP.
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