2018
DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(18)30167-0
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Building cross-sector collaboration using participatory action research to improve community health in an urban slum in Accra, Ghana

Abstract: Background Every urban slum creates challenges too complex for governments to resolve when working alone. Old Fadama, the largest slum in in Accra, Ghana, is home to over 100 000 people. Old Fadama has virtually no water or sanitation infrastructure, contributing to diminished quality of health and frequent cholera outbreaks when the nearby river floods. Our research introduces a model for cross-sector collaboration, supporting stakeholders who wanted to improve community health by installing latrines. Methods… Show more

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“…Building Cross-Sector Collaboration to Improve Community Health explores a participatory action research (PAR) process to create a cross-sector collaboration intervention (Kritz Batsa, 2020). The collaboration allowed the municipal government, slum leadership, and slum residents to work together to change sanitation policy and install latrines in the Old Fadama slum of Accra.…”
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“…Building Cross-Sector Collaboration to Improve Community Health explores a participatory action research (PAR) process to create a cross-sector collaboration intervention (Kritz Batsa, 2020). The collaboration allowed the municipal government, slum leadership, and slum residents to work together to change sanitation policy and install latrines in the Old Fadama slum of Accra.…”
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confidence: 99%