Mediating role of citizen empowerment in the relationship between participatory monitoring and evaluation and social sustainability |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, 500 N 3rd Street, Phoenix, AZ, 85004, USA;2. RAND Health Care, RAND Corporation, 776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90401-3208, USA;3. Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, 500 N 3rd Street, Phoenix, AZ, 85004, USA;4. College of Nursing, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA;5. Morsani College of Medicine and College of Nursing, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA;1. Prevention Research Branch, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 30329, United States;2. Program Evaluation Branch, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 30329, United States;1. University of Idaho Moscow Idaho, 875 Perimeter Drive MS 2401, Moscow, ID 83843, United States;2. Southern Connecticut State University, 501 Crescent Street, New Haven, CT 06515, United States;1. Faculty of Economics and Business in Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain;2. ESCP-Europe Business School, Spain;3. Jyväskylä School of Business and Economics, University of Jyväskylä, Finland;4. Faculty of Economics and Business in Talavera de la Reina, Universidad Castilla La Mancha, Spain;1. Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1C9, Canada;2. Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta; Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick, Ireland;3. Faculty of Nursing, University of Navarra and IdiSNA, Navarra Institute for Health Research, Spain |
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| Abstract: | The paper explores the mediating influence of citizen empowerment on the relationship between participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) and social sustainability as a contribution to the ongoing debate on sustainability. The empirical investigation took the form of mixed-methods approach with the objectives to determine the extent to which PM&E influences citizen empowerment; establish the extent to which citizen empowerment influences social sustainability; and establish the joint influence of PM&E and citizen empowerment on social sustainability. The study employed a concurrent parallel design, in which samples for quantitative and qualitative components were different but drawn from the same population, and data collected within the same timeframe. Quantitative data were analyzed through bivariate and multiple regression analyses. Conversely, the qualitative component utilized interpretive technique and recursive abstraction to organize, summarize and give impression on the causal mechanisms at play in the quantitative data. Evidence from the study revealed that citizen empowerment mediates the relationship between PM&E and social sustainability. The study also found that when PM&E and citizen empowerment are considered together, citizen empowerment seems to have a dominant influence on social sustainability than PM&E itself. Thus, the government and development practitioners should prioritize citizen empowerment as a precursor to the realization of social sustainability outcomes. |
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| Keywords: | Citizen empowerment Participatory monitoring and evaluation Social sustainability Social capital Sustainable development |
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