Voluntary involvement in community health promotion: the Pawtucket Heart Health Program

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Abstract
The Pawtucket Heart Health Program employs a community activation approach aimed at reducing cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. This approach is put into operation through the recruitment of lay volunteers from the community to assist in planning, implementing, evaluating and managing various components of the Program. This unique approach of voluntary delivery of programmes is presented in this report. Strategies for the recruitment, interview and placement, training, maintenance and evaluation of volunteers are discussed. The characteristics of people who have volunteered for specific administrative and service delivery jobs with the Pawtucket Heart Health Program are also described. The volunteer delivery focus of the Program provides a model for adaptation by other public health projects.

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