Community-based participatory development: Lessons and Challenges from Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia

Session Submission Type: Panel

Abstract

This panel engages the concept of community-based participatory development in Latin America. Specifically, we propose community-based participatory methods as a viable approach for development interventions in the region. First, this panel examines a prevailing challenge faced by under-resourced communities and NGOs in Peru and Bolivia: the retreat of international development funding. Second, this panel establishes deepening inequality and a persistent need for development interventions, specifically in the context of health services in Peru. Finally, this panel presents three case studies that show how community-based participatory projects are both cost-effective and successful at achieving diverse development aims in Peru and Ecuador.

Sub Track

• Civil Society and Social Movements

Session Organizer

• Emily Hedin

Chairs

• Emily Hedin

• David A Adler, UCLA School of Medicine

Individual Presentations

• Women’s Empowerment and the Retreat of International Development Aid: Lessons from the Grassroots in Lima and El Alto - Paul G Dosh, Macalester College

• Peruvian Community Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Emergency Medicine and the Potential of Community-Partnered Participatory Research - Anthony Mai, UCLA; David A Adler, UCLA School of Medicine

• Community-Partnered Participatory Development in action: Supporting youth leaders and health promoters in Lima, Peru - Emily Hedin

• Community-partnered participatory methods foster public health and entrepreneurship: A case study from Lobitos, Peru - Michelle Nance

• Community Partnered Participatory Methods Increase Program Effectiveness and Individual Empowerment at the Crossroads of Traditional and “Western” Medicine - Audra Baca