Why is community participation important?

The report of the Productivity Committee evaluates that it will be an important benefit to tackle the participation of relatively low level communities and the disabled people.

It can improve people with disabilities and their health care outcomes (related to health, employment, education, income and satisfaction of life satisfaction)

It can reduce the cost of support for people with long-term care and disability, it can prevent people with the needs of moderate disability care and support from higher cost care and support. For example,

Providing public transportation or regional transportation that people with disabilities can use can reduce the necessity of using a taxi and the cost associated with a taxi voucher.

A shopping mall that can be used for public transportation and community transport is designed so that people with disabilities can do shopping by themselves using these means of transportation rather than having them make shopping on behalf of others It has been.

Providing orientation and mobility services to patients with moderate vision impairment can reduce the likelihood of further injury or injury due to falls or accidents.

You can also gain economic benefits by supporting unsustainable care for people with disabilities and carers and increasing participation in the labor force

Not only people with disabilities, but the entire community benefits from a comprehensive arrangement. In the broadest sense, inclusion can enhance Australian "social capital" by attracting more people in the community, thus better reflecting the diversity of the community.

If it builds a better network among people and breaks stereotypes, it can promote economy (such as employment) and social participation.

Social capital includes social norms, networks, and trust that promote cooperation within or between groups. You can benefit the entire community by reducing trading costs, promoting cooperative actions, promoting knowledge and innovation, and raising personal happiness and related ripple effects (PC 2003a) .

It is important to play an active role in the community and participate in as many activities and discussions as possible in the relevant communities. In the Aboriginal community, the word of mouth is very important, but when an outsider is called a person who builds trust and listens to it, the community is keen to work with that person. It is important to focus regional development on collaboration with indigenous peoples' organizations and communities. The foundation of regional development is that local people already know what problems and problems are and how to solve them. The community development approach means working closely with the community and recognizing the strengths, skills and knowledge of local people.

For community participants it is difficult to find articles that do not emphasize the importance of community participation for the success of the CHW program. But the exact meaning and purpose of community participation is much lower. It involves many different basic philosophical and political agendas. In the early 1980s, Muller divided the involvement of local communities into recruitment of regional resources (people, funds, materials) and realized the involvement of health plans and local communities, thereby "social, political, economic , Raising the control over environmental factors.Determining their health (Muller, 1983), the difference reflecting the words of Alma Atta In today's discussion it is rarely to use this discourse, but that There is still tension reflected by.

The most important factor in our nutrition program is the creation of community participation. Without involvement of local communities, health and nutrition programs can not be successful. Participatory processes begin when beneficiaries of Niger receive assistance from external sources (medical experts in our case). In our case, this is a short term plan, mothers and their children will go to the outpatient center. From the first stage of the engagement process, Niger beneficiaries and the community participated in the promotion of the program, which brought the first positive impact on the program.