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Health Promotion International, Vol. 4, No. 1, 11-18, 1989
© Oxford University Press 1989

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

DENISE D. RONCARATI, R. CRAIG LEFEBVRE and RICHARD A. CARLETON

Division of Health Education, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States of America Division of Health Education, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket and the Department of Community Health, Brown University Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America Division of Cardiology, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket and the Department of Medicine, Brown University Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America 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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