OYEYEMI, Adeola I. and Gberevbie, D.E. and Ibietan, Jide (2019) THE CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH CITIZENS’ PARTICIPATION IN PRIMARY HEALTHCARE SERVICE IMPLEMENTATION AT THE GRASSROOTS IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA. In: International Conference on Education and Social Sciences, 4-6 February 2019, Dubai, U.A.E..
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Abstract
A healthy person is a productive member of the society unhindered in his or her contribution to the nation’s productive, economic, social and physical systems. This premise is supported within a healthcare system that integrates participation of its citizen at every stage of the healthcare process beginning at the grassroots through Primary HealthCare. Citizens’ Participation is at the heart of Primary Healthcare, as the process by which members of a community share power with public officials in implementing fundamental decisions relating to a particular issue or sets of issues. However, in the Nigerian context, lack of citizens’ participation has been a hindrance to primary healthcare implementation, where there is little evidence in the relationship between citizen participation and the primary healthcare system. This is in spite of citizen participation being a component of the National Health Policy towards the achievement of Universal Health Coverage. It is on this premise that this study examines possible challenges to citizens’ participation in primary healthcare in Nigeria. With the assessment of selected rural communities in Ogun State, Nigeria, this paper highlights the challenges affecting effective citizens’ participation through the analysis of data. It argues that, despite the promise of incorporation of citizen’s participation in the Nigeria’s Health Policy, poor enlightenment and funding are major hindrances to realizing this goal. It therefore recommends that there should be active inclusion in Community Health Committees, from which information, needs and awareness can be disseminated between citizens and policy makers; refocusing policy discussions from the formulation through implementation and feedback stages.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Citizen Participation, Implementation, Ogun State, Primary healthcare |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) J Political Science > JA Political science (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Hannah Akinwumi |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Mar 2019 12:04 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Mar 2019 12:04 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/12510 |
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