TEHIP is using Participatory Action Research (PAR) to ensure that the "community voice" is heard by district health planners. Specifically, PAR is used to:

• identify community-based strategies that ensure appropriate utilization and increased effectiveness of essential health interventions, and that increase the effectiveness of the processes through which they are planned;
• develop approaches for introducing community preferences in the health and development process; and
• develop household survey schemes and schedules to monitor coverage, access, and user satisfaction.