ABSTRACT
A number of the examples examined the involvement of the community and individuals in the process of identifying needs and identifying gaps in evidence-based practice and service delivery. There was evidence of successful work on community needs health profiling to inform a population view of health needs. Others were responding to a perceived need for a more flexible provision and were offering a change of location, time or availability of the service. In response to a general need for a wider range of information concerning health issues, all the interventions engaged in different forms of dissemination, ranging from conferences, roadshows, workshops, seminars, to circuses, fairs, user-friendly literature for a minority group, advice centres, telephone helplines, drop-in centres, counselling, lay health workers, and information videos.
