Patterns and Determinants of Community Participation in Community Clinics in Rural Bangladesh

This paper aims to assess the pattern, determinants, and magnitude of local people's involvement in community clinics (CCs) in rural Bangladesh. We endeavor to show how these clinics function in reality in rural settings, taking account of local socio-economic and political contexts, and additionally to explore how community members perceive their participation in the activities of CCs. To this end, an ethnographic approach has been used as a methodology. Drawing on ethnographic data from rural settings, we argue that rural health provision may be usefully examined in light of a community-based approach. This paper finds that CCs have played a crucial role in providing primary healthcare among rural women, poor, and marginalized people; however, the utilization of healthcare services is…