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=== Advantages ===

Benefits of community-based program design include gaining insight into the social context of an issue or problem, mutual learning experiences between consumer and provider, broadening understanding of professional roles and responsibilities within the community, interaction with professionals from other disciplines, and opportunities for [[community-based participatory research]] projects.<ref name="Advantage">{{Cite journal|last=Mudarikwa|first=Ruvimbo Sharon|last2=Mcdonnell|first2=Jacqueline A.|last3=Whyte|first3=Susan|last4=Villanueva|first4=Elmer|last5=Hill|first5=Robyn A.|last6=Hart|first6=William|last7=Nestel|first7=Debra|date=2010-12-01|title=Community-based practice program in a rural medical school: Benefits and challenges|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/0142159X.2010.509417|journal=Medical Teacher|volume=32|issue=12|pages=990–996|doi=10.3109/0142159X.2010.509417|issn=0142-159X}}</ref> Increased [[sustainability]] is an advantage of community-based program design. The program sustainability is ensured by the identification of solutions to problems based on existing resources accessible to all community members. Also, the involvement of local community leaders and local volunteers reinforce the sustainabilitythesustainability of the impact of the program.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=M|first=Sternin|last2=J|first2=Sternin|last3=D|first3=Marsh|date=1998|publisher=[[Save the Children]]|title=Designing a community-based nutrition program using the hearth model and the positive deviance approach: A field guide.|url=http://www.positivedeviance.org/pdf/manuals/fieldguide.pdf|language=en}}</ref> Other advantages of community-based program design are collaborative participation, enriching diversity, serving clients in their community, and addressing and meeting the needs of the community.

=== Challenges ===