Monday 19 March 2012

HEALTH ACTIVISM

Health activism involves a challenge to the existing order whenever it is perceived to influence peoples’ health negatively or has led to an injustice or an inequity. The tactics of health activism have continued to evolve along with political opportunity and developments in culture and technology. Cell phone messaging and the internet, for example, are now extensively used in activism to organize rallies and to carry out online tactics.

But what works best in activism-what are the examples of success and failure? 

Friday 16 March 2012

Why does community empowerment matter-can it change our lives?

I have started this blog to enage people with the issues/theory/practice experiences of using community empowertment approaches-any questions pse ask away.