A narrative review of community engagement in the identification, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of health projects in Tanzania
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Date
2024
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TAJOCODE
Abstract
Community engagement in development projects enhances
community ownership, improves capacities of the involved
stakeholders, and ensures sustainability of projects. Reviews have
focused on community engagement in water projects, road
construction and education services. This study reviewed the
community engagement in health projects due to their importance
to human life. A narrative review was conducted, mainly through
ResearchGate, GoogleSearch, GoogleScholar and ScienceDirect.
A conceptual framework was constructed based on the reviewed
literature. The study found that there were health projects which
were successfully implemented due to proper community
engagement while to most of the projects the community
engagement was faced with numerous challenges including poor
communication between technical staff and the community;
unqualified technical staff; poor community engagement process;
poor management capability and limited transparency. While
success of health projects is subject to numerous factors,
community engagement throughout the project is crucial because
it influences the other factors. Therefore, community engagement
ought to receive the utmost importance when contemplating
planning and implementing health projects. There is a need to
employ technical staff who are well-trained and experienced in
community mobilization before projects identification starts. This
should be coupled with supporting community engagement in all
stages of a project.
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Community engagement, Health projects, Project identification Implementation