At present there is a small but growing number of papers on community-led monitoring in the peer-reviewed literature. The IAS CLM Programme is actively working with CLM implementers and researchers to support documentation and dissemination of CLM programme impact and approaches. To learn more, please contact us at [email protected].
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Resources are listed by publication date, with the most recent publications at the top of the list, which is updated regularly.
Lauer KJ, Soboyisi M, Kassam CA, Mseu D, Oberth G, Baptiste SL. Defining community-led monitoring and its role in programme-embedded learning: lessons from the Citizen Science Project in Malawi and South Africa. J Int AIDS Soc. 2024; 27(S2):e26277. https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.26277
Sharp AR, Mpofu N, Lankiewicz E, Ajonye B, Rambau NP, Dringus S, et al. (2024) Facilitators and barriers to community-led monitoring of health programs: Qualitative evidence from the global implementation landscape. PLOS Glob Public Health 4(6): e0003293. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0003293
Govender K, Rambau N, Barron P, Setshogelo B, Vallabhjee K, Nyathi M, et al. (2024) Community-led monitoring and the role of Ritshidze in improving the quality of primary healthcare in South Africa. S Afr Med J [Internet]. 114(6):e2043.
Tshuma N, Elakpa DN, Moyo C, Soboyisi M, Moyo S, Mpofu S, Chadyiwa M, Malahlela M, Tiba C, Mnkandla D, Ndhlovu TM, Moruthoane T, Mphuthi DD and Mtapuri O (2024) The Transformative Impact of Community-Led Monitoring in the South African Health System: A Comprehensive Analysis. Int J Public Health 69:1606591. doi: 10.3389/ijph.2024.1606591
Policar S, Sharp AR. Hippolite JI, Alfred GM, Steide E, Lucien L, Ladan N and Kavanagh M (2023). Drivers of HIV treatment interruption: Early findings from community-led monitoring program in Haiti. PloS One 18(12): e0295023. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0295023
Baptiste S, Manouan A, Garcia P, Etya’ale H, Swan T, Jallow W. (2020) Community-led monitoring: When community data drives implementation strategies. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep 17:415-421. https://doi. org/10.1007/s11904-020-00521-2
Martin MP, Kibe PW, Flomo BM and Ngwatu BA. (2019) Breaking barriers: Using evidence from a Community Treatment Observatory (CTO) to enhance uptake of HIV services in Sierra Leone. JHD. 4(1):163–167. https://doi.org/10.21853/JHD.2019.70
Can community monitoring save the commons? Evidence on forest use and displacement
Estimates suggest that the intervention did not reduce forest use, beyond a possible small decrease in forest loss in monitored areas. However, the treatment led to an increase in forest loss in unmonitored forest areas, both adjacent to the treatment villages and adjacent to the nonstudy villages neighboring them.
Community monitoring of coliform pollution in Lake Tanganyika
Results indicate that total and faecal coliform concentrations determined by citizen scientists correlated well to those determined by professional scientists.
Satellite-based deforestation alerts with training and incentives for patrolling facilitate community monitoring in the Peruvian Amazon
We provide evidence of strong community uptake of the monitoring program, subsequent bureaucratization of community forest management, and suggestive evidence that community monitoring combined with remote-sensing technology may reduce tree cover loss. These findings produce three insights for the design of future policy.
Citizen science in environmental and ecological sciences
Some of the non-policy related barriers to the widespread implementation of citizen science include poor awareness of its value (educational, environmental, and social), lack of support for researchers pursuing citizen science, and low levels of funding for citizen science. Facilitators include the transition towards Open Science, citizen science-friendly legislation and practitioner networks. At least 33% of SDG indicators can be supported through citizen science data.
Civilian science: the potential of participatory environmental monitoring in areas affected by armed conflicts
Citizen science will be influenced by advocacy agenda; data quality will be poor; standards set by external stakeholders for monitoring do not always address community-level concerns and standards (ie are we interested in measuring the same thing)
Colonialism in Community-based monitoring: Knowledge systems, finance and power in Canada
Challenges – documented in numerous reviews – challenges of integrating multiple forms of knowledge, instability of programs due to funding constraints, barriers posed by limited technical or resource capabilites; contains extensive bibliography with links to a range of other studies looking comprehensively at CBM for environmental issues
How donors support civil society as government accountability advocates: A review of strategies and implications for transition of donor funding in global health
McDonough, A., Rodríguez, D.C. How donors support civil society as government accountability advocates: a review of strategies and implications for transition of donor funding in global health. Global Health 16, 110 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-020-00628-6
A Reporting System to Protect the Human Rights of People Living with HIV and Key Populations – PMC
Williamson RT, Fiscian V, Olson RU, Poku FN, Whittal J. A Reporting System to Protect the Human Rights of People Living with HIV and Key Populations. Health Hum Rights. 2017 Dec;19(2):211-222. PMID: 29302177; PMCID: PMC5739371.
Human rights violation tool (REACT)
2,930 instances of responses to human rights-related barriers to accessing HIV services across all countries. • Of the responses provided, 75% were direct responses by REActors and the organisations they represent, and 25% were referrals • Across countries with different social, cultural and legal contexts, the most common perpetrators are public health care professionals and police/law enforcement. • The most common types of incidents are denial of health services and harassment, intimidation
Ensuring rights-based accountability for SRHR in humanitarian settings in Uganda
More than 5000 women and girls reached; more than 50 complaints received – redress sought (successfully) with UNHCR, district health officials, clinics – multiple touch points for accountability – government appointed third party for receiving issues (Ombudsman)
