Non-Govermental Organizations: Social mobilization and empowerment for community health promotion

Abstract

The emergence of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Malaysia is important as they are part of agents for social mobilizing in the community development field. Those NGOs play a greater role in helping the government by encouraging civic engagement in terms of community health promotion. This qualitative content analysis, review the issue of social mobilization and empowerment. There are several roles of NGOs in Community Health Promotion (CHP) including advocacy and standard-setting, health service delivery, community mobilization, and information exchange. The roles by NGOs in promoting healthy lifestyles have a direct impact on the level of national health and morbidity.