The authors develop five tasks of community participation for PHC workers:
"1. Assess your own resources as a health professional and your interest in becoming partners with the community.
2. Engage the community by identifying the relevant social networks and leaders.
3. Prioritize health problems using consensus-building techniques.
4. Develop strategies to enlist community involvement in the intervention.
5. Evaluate outcomes involving the community from the start"( p.92).
To accomplish these tasks they also discuss available methods .