Mobilising demand for primary health care services among urban slums: insights from a case study in Bangladesh. Issue 6 (18th August 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Adams, Alayne M.; Rashid, Sabina F.
• Is Part Of: Development in practice. Volume 31:Issue 6(2021)
• Page Start: 726
• Page End: 738
• Publication Date: 2021-08-18
• Subjects: Social sector – health -- Aid – capacity development -- governance and public policy -- South Asia; Technical assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Economic assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; 338.91091724
• DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2020.1862763
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0961-4524

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This qualitative case study examines a pilot community mobilisation initiative to increase access to qualified primary health care services among slum dwellers in Bangladesh. Emerging from analysis are a series of key considerations in the design and implementation of mobilisation activities in poor urban settlements. These include who best to mobilise in highly stratified social settings; how to bridge communities in need with outside resources; the role of development agents in organising participation; whether mobilisation processes can be phased over time; and the imperative of policy advocacy to shift complex structural inequities that preclude investments in health care for the urban disadvantaged.