Kerman University of Medical Sciences International Journal of Health Policy and Management 2322-5939 7 2 2018 02 01 Community Psychology as a Process of Citizen Participation in Health Policy; Comment on “The Rise of Post-truth Populism in Pluralist Liberal Democracies: Challenges for Health Policy” 180 182 3378 10.15171/ijhpm.2017.72 EN Danny Taggart School of Health and Human Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, UK Journal Article 2017 04 24 <span>This brief commentary discusses a recent paper by Speed and Mannion that explores “The Rise of post <span>truth populism in liberal democracies: challenges for health policy.” It considers their assertion that through <span>meaningful democratic engagement in health policy, some of the risks brought about by an exclusionary <span>populist politics can be mediated. With an overview of what participation means in modern healthcare policy <span>and implementation, the field of community psychology is presented as one way to engage marginalized groups <span>at risk of exploitation or exclusion by nativist populist policy.</span></span></span></span></span><br /></span> https://www.ijhpm.com/article_3378_3abdcddff67a5d9b38c4ffbbd793f269.pdf