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INTRODUCTION: Community engagement is a process of working collaboratively among groups of people affiliated by similar situations, conditions or region to address issues affecting their health. This study aims to describe community engagement programmes conducted under Cheras District Health Office in 2018 and analyse their strength, weakness, opportunity and threat (SWOT). METHODS: This is a qualitative case study design of purposively sampled thirteen community engagement programmes by using secondary data in form of manual, proposals, and reports. RESULTS: The general objectives of the programmes include primary and secondary prevention as well as community empowerment to care for their health. Level of engagement varies from inform (6), consult (1), involve (2), collaborate (2), and shared-leadership (2). Strength includes availability of manual with clear organisational structure. However, there were internal constraints in term of financial support, overlapping multitasking team and transportation. There were also lack of clear evaluation system as evidence-based guide for planning, implementation and future improvement. Despite having support from the top community leader, there was inadequate support from the grassrootsÂ’ target community, possibly due to perceive non-important of the programme. DISCUSSION: Generally, there is a huge room for improvement as most community engagement programmes in Cheras District Health Office for year 2018 did not reach shared-leadership level. A comprehensive evaluation at planning stage (needs assessment), implementation stage (formative and process evaluation), and completion stage (summative, outcome and impact evaluation) should be considered to improve the level of engagement towards empowering community in taking care for their health.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-141,
title = {Community Engagement Programmes Under Cheras District Health Office in Year 2018: SWOT Analysis},
author = {Noriah Hajib and Mohd Fadhli Mohd Fauzi and Mohd Safwan Ibrahim},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Community engagement is a process of working collaboratively among groups of people affiliated by similar situations, conditions or region to address issues affecting their health. This study aims to describe community engagement programmes conducted under Cheras District Health Office in 2018 and analyse their strength, weakness, opportunity and threat (SWOT). METHODS: This is a qualitative case study design of purposively sampled thirteen community engagement programmes by using secondary data in form of manual, proposals, and reports. RESULTS: The general objectives of the programmes include primary and secondary prevention as well as community empowerment to care for their health. Level of engagement varies from inform (6), consult (1), involve (2), collaborate (2), and shared-leadership (2). Strength includes availability of manual with clear organisational structure. However, there were internal constraints in term of financial support, overlapping multitasking team and transportation. There were also lack of clear evaluation system as evidence-based guide for planning, implementation and future improvement. Despite having support from the top community leader, there was inadequate support from the grassrootsÂ’ target community, possibly due to perceive non-important of the programme. DISCUSSION: Generally, there is a huge room for improvement as most community engagement programmes in Cheras District Health Office for year 2018 did not reach shared-leadership level. A comprehensive evaluation at planning stage (needs assessment), implementation stage (formative and process evaluation), and completion stage (summative, outcome and impact evaluation) should be considered to improve the level of engagement towards empowering community in taking care for their health.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Pejabat Kesihatan Cheras, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia},
keywords = {apcph2019, Cheras, Community, engagement, public health},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}