The models of community practice and assumptions professionals have about communities shape the implementation of the Health Communities and Cities process. There is a "ladder of participation" that emphasizes the lower levels, which are:
1. Locality development as a process-oriented model
2. Social planning stressing rational outcomes
3. Concrete actions to change the balance of power
4. Therapy, information, and participation in which community practice and action is planned by professionals and experts in a top-down approach
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The lower levels emphasized in the "ladder of participation" are therapy, information, and par-ticipation in which community practice and action is planned by professionals and experts in a top-down approach.
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