community-based
Rooted in locality
Community-based describes programs, organizations, or approaches rooted in and serving a specific local community rather than operating from outside or above it.
The term emphasizes grassroots participation and local control: community-based healthcare, community-based policing.
It often signals that services are delivered where people live rather than in centralized institutions.
Common people as political base
- participatoryInvolving active contribution
- localOf this area
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
collective · bottom-up · stakeholder · nonprofit · coalition · civic · decentralized · member-driven
Responsible care of entrusted things
- localOf this area
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
- sustainableAble to endure long-term
ecosystem · ranger · biodiversity · habitat · watershed · grassroots · reforestation · marine
Involving active contribution
- collaborativeInvolving shared effort
- ethnographicDescribing cultures systematically
- qualitativeRelating to characteristics, not quantities
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
stakeholder · co-design · indigenous · localized · survey · focus-group · consent · empowerment
Gaining knowledge gradually
- tutoringIndividual academic guidance
- literacyAbility to read, write
- afterschoolFollowing final bell
- workshopPlace for making or learning
mentorship · vocational · library · cultural · intergenerational · accessible · enrichment · scholarship
Outpatient treatment facility
- outreachProactive community assistance
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- wellnessOverall state of health
- preventionStopping something before occurring
intervention · maternal · counseling · rehabilitation · immunization · education · navigator · telemedicine
grassroots
Common people as political base
- participatoryInvolving active contribution
- localOf this area
- neighborhoodResidential area nearby
cooperative · collective · bottom-up · stakeholder · nonprofit · coalition · civic · decentralized · member-driven · collaborative
stewardship
Responsible care of entrusted things
- localOf this area
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
sustainable · ecosystem · ranger · biodiversity · habitat · watershed · grassroots · reforestation · marine · ecotourism
participatory
Involving active contribution
- collaborativeInvolving shared effort
- ethnographicDescribing cultures systematically
- qualitativeRelating to characteristics, not quantities
fieldwork · stakeholder · co-design · indigenous · localized · survey · focus-group · consent · empowerment · knowledge-sharing
learning
Gaining knowledge gradually
- tutoringIndividual academic guidance
- literacyAbility to read, write
- afterschoolFollowing final bell
workshop · mentorship · vocational · library · cultural · intergenerational · accessible · enrichment · scholarship · empowerment
clinic
Outpatient treatment facility
- outreachProactive community assistance
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- wellnessOverall state of health
prevention · intervention · maternal · counseling · rehabilitation · immunization · education · navigator · telemedicine · holistic
- school typespublic, private, charter, magnet, boarding
- decentralizationdecentralized, distribute, spread, disperse, scatter
- organization typesnonprofit, for-profit, corporate, governmental, private
- Independence Levelsself-sufficient, autonomous, self-reliant, codependent, dependent
community-basedtop-down
Directed from highest level
centralized · state-controlled · hierarchical · state-run · bureaucratic
community-basednational
Of a country
statewide · global · nationwide · international · universal
community-basedinstitutional
Of formal establishments
corporate · governmental · institutionalized · privatized · residential
community, based, base, commune, communal, communally, communes, communing, communion