Deep phenotyping will be proposed for more in-depth SME involvement.
"The success in this project lies in community involvement.
The literature is particularly limited in its analysis of the depth of community involvement, which may vary from mere information provision to consultation, representation, and at the greatest depth, actual influence over decisions [ 7- 10].
In medical school, students may participate in various community involvement projects (CIP), which serve disadvantaged communities.
Given the centrality of depth of community involvement, both as a goal in itself and in being key to responsiveness, the measurement of this concept requires special consideration.
What is the depth of community involvement planned at each stage of a policy or programme?
Fourth, the most widely used framework for assessing depth of community involvement is Rifkin et al.'s spider diagram (Rifkin et al. 1988).
To develop the exercise, we drew on frameworks that distinguish between depths of community involvement from simple information sharing with communities or their representatives, consultation with these groups, or - suggesting most depth of involvement - communities or their representatives having a tangible influence on health policy or practice [ 1, 9].
Regarding depth of community involvement, frameworks distinguish between simple information giving to communities at one end of the spectrum, through consultation, to community influence and control at the other end (Arnstein 1969; Loewenson 2000).
Mechanisms introduced to strengthen community accountability might be distinguished by expected impact (financial, performance, or political/democratic), and by depth of community involvement expected or achieved (Goetz and Gaventa 2001; Brinkerhoff 2004).
Participants in Tanzania urged more community involvement in malaria policy.
