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Community participation is one of the founding pillars of primary health care. However, due to various reasons, we are yet to achieve complete integration of this component into the health system functioning in India. The objective of our study was to do a formative assessment of community participation in a rural healthcare setting by adopting participatory learning action (PLA). technique. The study participants included frontline health workers and members from local governing institutions of rural areas. The study design is qualitative in nature with a participatory approach. A number of three PLA techniques have been used as a part of this study to recognize available resources for community participation, address its barriers and facilitators, and finally devise a time-line-based action plan. Based on the this, a conceptual framework for community participation pertaining to the rural healthcare system has been developed. This study highlights the importance of understanding the psychosocial aspects of community participation among various stakeholders involved in rural health care. Lessons learned from this PLA study will be helpful in the integration of community-based participatory approach within grassroot level healthcare planning and service delivery. Copyright © 2022 Mishra, Singh, Parida, Pradhan and Nair.

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Abhisek Mishra, Arvind Kumar Singh, Swayam Pragyan Parida, Somen Kumar Pradhan, Jyolsna Nair. Understanding Community Participation in Rural Health Care: A Participatory Learning and Action Approach. Frontiers in public health. 2022;10:860792

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