Advancing Health Rights Through Community Development and Participatory Praxis

Neil Quinn is Reader in Social Work and Health Policy and Co-Director for Health Policy at the University of Strathclyde. Anuj Kapilashrami is Professor & Chair in Health Policy & Equity at the School of Health & Social Care, University of Essex and Senior Lecturer in Global Health, Queen Mary University London.

Introduction – tackling inequalities and achieving the right to health in a worse-off world through community participation;
Part 1: Conceptual and theoretical frameworks;
Rethinking ‘community’ in community development;
Models of participation;
History of community development and participation in public health – from primary care movement to sustainable development goals (SDGs);
Part 2: Models of Practice in health;
Advocacy and social movements for the right to health;
Addressing political, social and commercial determinants;
Influencing policy, issue selection and agenda setting;
Ensuring accountability;
Working with communities at the margins;
Part 3: Mechanisms and tools for community development;
Role of the arts;
Social media and media;
Protest and civil disobedience;
Conclusion.