National Public Health Management Centre, Tabriz, Islamic Republic of Iran.
East Mediterr Health J. 2009 Sep-Oct;15(5):1164-73.
An action research project was carried out by a team from the National Public Health Management Centre in Tabriz, Iran to test the following hypothesis: Health Volunteers are more able to support health improvements by focusing on community participation and empowerment through facilitating communities to define and solve their own problems than by only providing information on health problems. Training on participatory approaches was given to Women Health Volunteers (WHV) in a pilot area. The results gave evidence that local people could identify and act upon their own health needs and request more information from professionals to improve their own health. Further research is needed however to assess how the pilot can be scaled up and how initial enthusiasm can be sustained.
伊朗大不里士国家公共卫生管理中心的一个团队开展了一项行动研究项目，以验证以下假设：健康志愿者通过促进社区参与和赋权，使社区能够定义和解决自己的问题，而不仅仅是提供有关健康问题的信息，更能够支持健康改善。在试点地区对妇女健康志愿者（WHV）进行了参与式方法培训。结果表明，当地人能够识别并满足自己的健康需求，并向专业人员索取更多信息以改善自己的健康。然而，需要进一步研究如何扩大试点范围以及如何保持最初的积极性。
