| Description |
viii, 350 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Series |
International studies in demography |
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International studies in demography.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Michel Garenne, Monica Das Gupta and Gilles Pison [et al.] -- I. Asia. 1. Origins of Longitudinal Community-Based Studies / Carl E. Taylor. 2. The History, Methodology, and Main Findings of the Matlab Project in Bangladesh / K. M. A. Aziz and W. Henry Mosley. 3. Determinants of Rates of Early Childhood Sickness and Death, and of Long Birth Intervals: Evidence from the Khanna Study, Rural Punjab, India, 1954-1969 / John B. Wyon. 4. Methodology and Main Findings of the Khanna Restudy, 1984-1988 / Monica Das Gupta. 5. Lessons from Narangwal about Primary Health Care, Family Planning, and Nutrition / Carl E. Taylor and Cecile De Sweemer -- II. Latin America. 6. A Comparison of Supplementary Feeding and Medical Care of Preschool Children in Guatemala, 1959-1964 / Nevin S. Scrimshaw and Miguel A. Guzman. 7. Longitudinal Community Health Research for Equity and Accountability in Primary Health Care in Haiti / Gretchen Berggren, Warren Berggren and Henri Menager [et al.] |
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8. Design, Results, and Comments on the Machakos Project in Kenya / Jeroen K. van Ginneken, Alex S. Muller and Omondi-Odhiambo. 9. The Pholela Health Centre: Understanding Health and Disease in South Africa through Community-Oriented Primary Care (COPC) / Stephen M. Tollman, Sidney L. Kark and Emily Kark. 10. Three Decades of Research on Population and Health: The ORSTOM Experience in Rural Senegal, 1962-1991 / Michel Garenne and Pierre Cantrelle. 11. Bandafassi: A 25-Year Prospective Community Study in Rural Senegal, 1970-1995 / Gilles Pison, Annabel Desgrees du Lou and Andre Langaney. 12. Bandim: An Unplanned Longitudinal Study / Peter Aaby -- Appendix. Prospective Community Studies in Developing Countries: A Survey of Surveys / Michel Garenne and Emilia Koumans |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Public health -- Developing countries -- Longitudinal studies.
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| Author |
Das Gupta, Monica.
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| LC no. |
97040272 |
| ISBN |
0198292090 |
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