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A framework linking community empowerment and health equity : it is a matter of CHOICE

RIFKIN, Susan B
September 2003

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"This paper presents a framework to explore the relationship between health equity and community empowerment. It traces the progression of the concept of participation to the present term of empowerment and the links among empowerment, equity and health outcomes. It argues that the relationship can best be described by using the acronym CHOICE (Capacity-building, Human rights, Organisational sustainability, Institutional accountability, Contribution, and Enabling environment)...In conclusion, it suggests that these factors might form the basis of a tool to assess the relationship between equity and empowerment and its impact on health outcomes"

Global equity gauge alliance : reflections on early experiences

McCOY, David
et al
September 2003

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"This paper traces the evolution and working of the Global Equity Gauge Alliance (GEGA) and its efforts to promote health equity...[It] provides examples of strategies for promoting pro-equity policy and social change and reviews experiences and lessons, both in terms of technical success of interventions and in relation to the conceptual development and refinement of the Equity Gauge Strategy..."

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