Community Health Action Model: Health Promotion by the Community

Author: Racher Frances E.   Annis Robert C.  

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

ISSN: 0889-7182

Source: Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice, Vol.22, Iss.3, 2008-08, pp. : 182-191

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Abstract

The goal of the Community Health Action (CHA) model is to depict community health promotion processes in a manner that can be implemented by community members to achieve their collectively and collaboratively determined actions and outcomes to sustain or improve the health and well-being of their community; the community as a whole, for the benefit of all. The model is unique in its ability to merge the community development process with a compatible community assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation framework. The CHA model supports community participation leading to community-engaged assessment and change. In this article, the CHA model is depicted, its genesis described, and its utility demonstrated.