Table 1 Factors influencing community participation and the percentage of included paper in which these factors were coded.
| Participation |
Influencing factors (proposed by literature referenced) | % of included papers in which factor was coded (number) |
|---|---|---|
| Individual level influences | Knowledge and perceptions of disease [34, 130] | 82% (49) |
| Vulnerability versus resilience [30, 95, 131, 132] | 45% (27) | |
| Stigma [34, 132] | 15% (9) | |
| Incentives [132, 133] | 72% (43) | |
| Acceptability of intervention or programme [134] | 60% (36) | |
| Household level influences | Gender roles & power relationships [34, 135] | 22% (13) |
| Cultural norms & social mechanisms [24, 30, 34] | 45% (28) | |
| Access [34, 136] | 70% (42) | |
| Urban versus rural implementation [30] | 10% (6) | |
| Community level influences | Community characteristics [24, 30, 95, 130, 132, 133, 137] | 43% (26) |
| Disease epidemiology and complexity of intervention [130] | 40% (24) | |
| Process by which communities are engaged to participate [24, 30, 137] | 63% (38) | |
| Congruence of external targets and local priorities [30] | 52% (31) | |
| Government/civil society level influences | Political environment [30, 132] | 13% (8) |
| Government advocacy and support [24, 30, 130, 132, 137] | 47% (28) | |
| Health authority commitment to primary health care [30, 130] | 50% (30) | |
| Decentralisation of power and resources & use of community assets [24, 30, 130, 132] | 82% (49) | |
| Multisectoral collaboration and integration of programme into broader development goals [30, 130] | 67% (40) | |
| Financial and human resources [24, 130] | 82% (49) | |
| Techno-financial support & implementation style of locally embedded development agencies [137] | 22% (13) |
