MEASURING PARTICIPATION - ITS USE AS A MANAGERIAL TOOL FOR DISTRICT HEALTH PLANNERS BASED ON A CASE-STUDY IN TANZANIA

While community participation has become widely practised there has be en little systematic assessment of the processes involved. A framework has been developed to measure participation on a number of dimensions and this article applies this framework to a project in Tanzania. The framework helps to systematically assess the nature and extent of com munity participation, but a number of problems were identified as well . Suggestions are made as how to improve upon the framework and make i t a useful tool for managers.