1996-2000: The Development and Evaluation of a Model of Community Participation in Health Decision Making

Funded by: British Columbia Health Research Foundation
Years: 1996-2000
Principal Investigator: Jim Frankish
Co-investigators: Pamela Ratner and Joan Wharf Higgins

The purpose of the study was to explore the experiences of citizen participants on Regional Health Boards and Community Health Councils established under the BC government initiative New Directions, and to identify the challenges and rewards of participation.

The two journal articles that were published from this study are:

Frankish CJ, Kwan B, Ratner PA, Wharf Higgins J and Larsen (2002). Challenges of citizen participation in regional health authorities. Social Science and Medicine 54(10):1471-1480.

Frankish CJ, Kwan B, Ratner PA, Wharf Higgins J and Larsen C (2002). Social and political factors influencing the functioning of regional health boards in British Columbia (Canada). Health Policy 61(2):125-151.