The voluntary community health movement in India: A strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis

Abstract

There has been a prolific growth of voluntary organizations in India since independence in 1947. One of the major areas of this growth has been in the field of community health. The purpose of this article is to historically trace the voluntary movement in community health in India, analyze the current status, and predict future trends of voluntary efforts. A review of the literature in the form of a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis was the method of this study. Some of the key trends which emerged as the priority areas for progress and for strengthening voluntary organizations in the future were enhancing linkages between health and development; building upon collective force; greater utilization of participatory training; establishing egalitarian and effectual linkages for decision making at the international level; developing self-reliant community-based models; and the need for attaining holistic empowerment at individual, organizational, and community levels through "duty consciousness" as opposed to merely asking for rights.

Tobacco consumption among adolescents in rural Wardha: Where and how tobacco control should focus its attention?

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“…[6] There is a need for locally relevant community based data regarding tobacco use pattern among adolescents, their perceptions and behaviors for designing effective community based intervention strategy. Hence, the objectives of the present study were to generate community based data on tobacco use pattern among rural adolescents (15)(16)(17)(18)(19) 101 CMYK years) and to find out reasons for use and non use of tobacco products.…”

SWOT analysis of a pediatric rehabilitation programme: A participatory evaluation fostering quality improvement

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Evaluating the roll-out of environmental control units in Veterans Affairs Spinal Cord Injury Centers: Workflow observations

“…Accurately capturing time estimates and developing standards of work can help increase workflow efficiency and functionality by reducing/eliminating non-value-added activities while providing high quality care in a healthcare system. [11] Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats (SWOT) analysis [12,13] is a QI tool used in studies throughout the world [12,[14][15][16][17][18] to inform improvement efforts in a variety of healthcare settings and populations such as traumatic brain injury, [14] pediatric rehabilitation, [15] community health, [16] oral healthcare, [17] and geriatric care in the military. [19] In our study, facility staff and Veterans' perspectives were col-lected to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the ECUs as well as their opportunities and threats.…”