Community mapping
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Article derived from "A Community Guide to Environmental Health ":1
Community mapping is an activity in which people make a map together based on what they see and know about their community. By making a community health map, you can learn:
• where problems are.
• who these problems affect.
• how these problems may happen because of conditions in the environment.
Making a map can help people see patterns in their problems, begin to identify root causes of these problems, and see how conditions in the community have changed over time. A map can also help people identify important community resources and strengths they may not have been aware of.
- ↑ Jeff Conant and Pam Fadem, 2001, A Community Guide to Environmental Health, [Hesperian Foundation]. http://www.hesperian.org/publications_download_EHB.php
