

@article {6538,
	title = {Primary health care, community participation and community-financing: experiences of two middle hill villages in {Nepal}},
	journal = {Health Policy and Planning},
	volume = {11},
	number = {1},
	year = {1996},
	month = {mar},
	pages = {93{\textendash}100},
	abstract = {Although community involvement in health related activities is generally acknowledged by international and national health planners to be the key to the successful organization of primary health care, comparatively little is known about its potential and limitations. Drawing on the experiences of two middle hill villages in Nepal, this paper reports on research undertaken to compare and contrast the scope and extent of community participation in the delivery of primary health care in a community run and financed health post and a state run and financed health post. Unlike many other health posts in Nepal these facilities do provide effective curative services, and neither of them suffer from chronic shortage of drugs. However, community-financing did not appear to widen the scope and the extent of participation. Villagers in both communities relied on the health post for the treatment of less than one-third of symptoms, and despite the planners{\textquoteright} intentions, community involvement outside participation in benefits was found to be very limited.},
	keywords = {Allied Health Personnel, Asia, Community Financing, Community Health Centers, Community Health Planning, Community Health Services, Community Participation, Community-Institutional Relations, Comparative Studies, Consumer Participation, Delivery of Health Care, Developing Countries, Economic Factors, Financial Activities, Government Sponsored Programs, Health, Health Services, Nepal, Organization and Administration, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, primary health care, Program Sustainability, Programs, Research Methodology, Rural Health Services, Southern Asia, Studies, Surveys and Questionnaires, Volunteers},
	issn = {0268-1080},
	author = {Sepehri, A. and Pettigrew, J.}
}
