TITLE:
Conflict Relations and Community Participation in Health
AUTHORS:
Issa Sombié
KEYWORDS:
Conflict, Community Participation, Burkina Faso, Community, Health
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Applied Sociology,
Vol.14 No.1,
January
19,
2024
ABSTRACT: The aim of this article is to analyse the types of conflict that exist in
the villages and how they influence participation relationship. The study took
place in the Fada and Léo health districts. The Fada N’Gourma health district
is located in the Est health region. The Fada N’Gourma health district is
located in the Eastern region and covers the entire N’Gourma province. Two
categories of people were included in the study. These were the members Health
committees of the localities forming the framework of the study. Three board
members were selected: the president, the general secretary and the treasurer.
In addition to Health Committees’ members, heads of households were also included in the study.
The conflicts identified during the study have been grouped into three main
categories: conflicts between villages, political conflicts, conflicts in
health committees. These conflicts have caused a crisis of legitimacy of
traditional power, weak functioning of health committees, difficulties in
collaboration between villages and between populations. These conflict
relationships negatively influence collaborative relationships which slow down
the dynamics of community participation in health in the study area.