Community-Led Engagement With Government and the Role of Community Brokers in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Lyons, Ilisapeci; Cavaye, Jim

doi:10.1080/08941920.2015.1086457

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“…What makes the situation worse is that due to improper community entry, TBAs in our study were usually unwilling to refer cases they were unable to handle for skilled orthodox care and thereby increasing the chances of maternal deaths. The important role of community entry and engagement as realised in previous studies [31][32][33][34][35] is, therefore, confirmed by our findings.…”

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Community-Based Health Planning and Services Plus programme in Ghana: A qualitative study with stakeholders in two Systems Learning Districts on improving the implementation of primary health care

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BackgroundIn 1999, Ghana introduced the Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) as the key primary health care strategy. In this study, we explored the challenges, capacity development priorities, and stakeholder perspectives on improving the CHPS concept as it has been fraught with a myriad of challenges since its inception. Our study is the outcome of the national programme for strengthening the implementation of CHPS Initiative in Ghana (CHPS+) introduced in 2017. MethodsThis exploratory research was a qualitative study conducted in two Systems Learning Districts (SLDs) of CHPS+ in the Volta Region of Ghana from March to May, 2018. Four focus group discussions and two general discussions were conducted among 60 CHPS+ stakeholders made up of health workers and community members. Data analyses were conducted using conceptual content analysis. Statements of the participants were presented as quotes to substantiate the views expressed. ResultsNegative attitude, high attrition, inadequacy and unavailability of health professionals at post when needed were challenges associated with the health professionals. Late referrals, PLOS ONE | https://doi.lack of proper community entry and engagement, non-availability of essential logistics, distance of CHPS compounds from communities, and inadequate funding were challenges associated with the health system. Lack of community ownership of the CHPS programme, lack of security at CHPS compounds, and late reporting of cases by the community members were also realised as challenges emanating from the community members. Priority areas for capacity development of health workers identified included logistics management, community entry and engagement, emergency delivery, managing referrals at the CHPS level, and resuscitation of newborns. ConclusionHealth-worker, community, and health systems-based challenges inhibit the implementation of CHPS in Ghana. Capacity development of health professionals and continuous community engagement are avenues that can improve implementation of the programme.Community-Based Health Planning and Services Plus programme in Ghana: A qualitative study with stakeholders PLOS ONE | https://doi.

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Community-Based Health Planning and Services Plus programme in Ghana: A qualitative study with stakeholders in two Systems Learning Districts on improving the implementation of primary health care

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“…Both cases, and the CBC literature, emphasized partner organizations as important sources of bridging leadership (e.g., Berdej & Armitage, 2016). That said, both global CBC coastal-marine research (e.g., Lyons & Cavaye, 2016;Steenbergen & Warren, 2018), and notable to the present discussion, their African equivalents (e.g., Mbaru & Barnes, 2017;Barnes et al, 2019), indicate how local leaders are often well positioned, and if their capacity is strengthened, they provide an ideal component for conservation success. Accordingly, while the main partners were frequently identified and positively perceived as important bridging leaders in both cases, several sources of local bridging leadership emerged, notably, local village presidents and councils.…”

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“…Extensive studies of diverse coastal‐marine CBC interventions emphasize that bridging leaders (also known as brokers, opinion leaders, or institutional entrepreneurs) are crucial to achieving desired ecological and social outcomes (e.g., Lyons & Cavaye, 2016 ; Crona et al., 2017 ; Steenbergen & Warren, 2018 ). More specific to the two cases discussed subsequently, African coastal‐marine CBC studies frequently acknowledge a lack of recognition and ineffective use of bridging leaders as a missed opportunity for success (e.g., Mbaru & Barnes, 2017 ; Barnes et al., 2019 ).…”

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Identifying and developing effective post‐2020 conservation bridging leaders

Rice

2022

Conservation Biology

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Effective bridging leaders interact within and outside their group to facilitate collaboration required in multistakeholder contexts. This is particularly crucial to community‐based conservation interventions that strive to achieve both ecological and social objectives by actively engaging or devolving decision‐making and management authority to local communities. Although a viable approach in many contexts, achieving “unprecedented collaboration” called for by the Post‐2020 Global Biodiversity Framework in community‐based conservation is problematic given the multiple and diverse actors affecting and affected by these interventions. Therefore, effective leadership becomes crucial to implementing necessary strategies to engage actors and resolve conflict inclusively. Yet, weak leadership commonly constrains these interventions. I reviewed relevant literature and devised a framework of effective bridging leadership characteristics. I then used this framework to appraise bridging leadership in two African coastal‐marine community‐based conservation cases. I employed social network analysis and semistructured and group interviews in the two cases. Several local leaders emerged as key (potential) bridging leaders. Furthermore, I found that effective bridging leaders require not only legal recognition but also perceived legitimacy resulting from building trust with other actors. Additionally, the inclusive collaboration required multiple sources of emotionally intelligent bridging leaders with the integrity, humility, empathy, and cultural awareness necessary to mitigate elite capture, effectively communicate, and empower and provide support to others. Because emotional intelligence in conservation leadership remains a knowledge gap, particularly in community‐based conservation research, insights from this study should be useful to diverse conservation actors.

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“…In addition, in previous studies, scholars often assumed that the acquisition of governance power was innate [56,57]. However, in contrast to institutional power and clan power, the power of the local elite is not directly owned; it requires ownership by process of multi-empowerment, especially from local society [58,59].…”

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Sustainable Endogenous Development Path Based on Rural Local Elite Governance Model: A Case Study of Xiamen

Yin

Rui

2023

Sustainability

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Under the background of the decline of rural society, the brain drain and the lack of endogenous development power are one of the main reasons restricting the development of rural China. Although village committees and village Party committees, as grassroots governance instictutions, have played a great role in the process of rural revitalization, it is still difficult to achieve effective governance in rural areas with only top-down bureaucratic power. Therefore, activating the vitality of local elites and promoting the bottom-up development of rural areas is the internal driving force of rural revitalization. However, local elites have neither the institutional power of grassroots cadres nor the same prestige as clan elders. Therefore, for local elites to gain effective governance power, they must go through a process of empowerment, that is, gaining recognition from various forces within the village. Taking the Yuanqian Community of Xiamen city in Fujian Province as an example, this paper analyzes the formation process of local elite power. In this process, local elites gained the trinity of administrative, social and economic empowerment, and became the subject of governance power and the leader of rural revitalization. A new rural governance network with local elites as the core was constructed in the Yuanqian Community. Under the role of the new governance network, the material space and industrial space of the village have been transformed, thus promoting the revitalization of the countryside. At the same time, the village gradually expanded its influence and eventually became a model village in the field of rural revitalization. Due to its growing influence, the Yuanqian Community has achieved sustainable development. The case of Xiamen shows that local elites could gain effective governance power through an empowerment process. Then, by reconstructing the rural governance network, local elites could be the important social foundation of rural sustainable endogenous development.

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Community-Led Engagement With Government and the Role of Community Brokers in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Cited by 8 publications

References 19 publications

Community-Based Health Planning and Services Plus programme in Ghana: A qualitative study with stakeholders in two Systems Learning Districts on improving the implementation of primary health care

Community-Based Health Planning and Services Plus programme in Ghana: A qualitative study with stakeholders in two Systems Learning Districts on improving the implementation of primary health care

Identifying and developing effective post‐2020 conservation bridging leaders

Sustainable Endogenous Development Path Based on Rural Local Elite Governance Model: A Case Study of Xiamen

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