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Empowerment is the degree of autonomy and self-determination in people and in communities. This enables them to represent their interests in a responsible and self-determined way, acting on their own authority. It is the process of becoming stronger and more confident, especially in controlling one's life and claiming one's rights.
Participative decision-making ( PDM) is the extent to which employers allow or encourage employees to share or participate in organizational decision-making. [ 1] According to Cotton et al., the format of PDM could be formal or informal. [ 2] In addition, the degree of participation could range from zero to 100% in different participative ...
Participatory management. Participatory management is the practice of empowering members of a group, such as employees of a company or citizens of a community, to participate in organizational decision making. [1] It is used as an alternative to traditional vertical management structures, which has shown to be less effective as participants are ...
Patient participation is a trend that arose in answer to medical paternalism. Informed consent is a process where patients make decisions informed by the advice of medical professionals. In recent years, the term patient participation has been used in many different contexts. These include, for example, clinical contexts in the form of shared ...
Health promotion involves public policy that addresses health determinants such as income, housing, food security, employment, and quality working conditions. [3] More recent work has used the term Health in All Policies (HiAP) to refer to the actions that incorporate health into all public policies.
Donabedian model. The Donabedian model is a conceptual model that provides a framework for examining health services and evaluating quality of health care. [1] According to the model, information about quality of care can be drawn from three categories: “structure,” “process,” and “outcomes." [2] Structure describes the context in ...
Strength-based practice is a social work practice theory that emphasizes people's self-determination and strengths. It is a philosophy and a way of viewing clients (originally psychological patients, but in an extended sense also employees, colleagues or other persons) as resourceful and resilient in the face of adversity. [ 1 ]
In the past, the diversity office has held informational sessions and trainings on a variety of topics including mental health, microaggressions, equitable hiring and solidarity in practice.