| Description |
xiv, 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Oxford medical publications |
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Oxford medical publications.
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| Contents |
I. Political Commitment. Health for all in China: principles and relevance for other countries / Jon E. Rohde -- Health care in Cuba: a model service or a means of social control, or both? / David Werner -- The Community Health Worker scheme: an Indian experiment / Ashish Rose -- "Prevention" is more costly than "cure": health problems for Tanzania, 1971-81 / Antony Klouda -- Social justice and the demographic transition: lessons from India's Kerala State / John Ratcliffe -- II. People's Participation. Evaluation in primary health care: a case study from India / Ashok Dyal Chand and M. Ibrahim Soni -- Community assessment: a tool for motivation and evaluation in primary health care in Sierra Leone / Nancy Edwards and Mary (Hilary) Lyon -- Nutrition education and social change: a women's movement in the Dominican Republic / Lindsey Hilsum -- Human development through primary health care: case studies from India / Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay -- "Tell us a story": health teaching in Nigeria / David Hilton -- We are for the people: reflections of a community health worker in the Philippines / Jaime Z. Galvez-Tan -- The ant and the elephant: voluntary agencies and government health programmes in Indonesia / Mary Johnston -- Contrasts in community participation: case studies from Peru / Frits Muller -- Sociopolitical constraints on primary health care: a case study from Indonesia / Glen Williams and Satoto -- Community participation for health: the case of Latin America / Emanuel de Kadt -- III. Programme Development. Development from below: transformation from village-based nutrition projects to a national family nutrition programme in Indonesia / Jon E. Rohde and Lukas Hendrata -- A primary health care strategy for Ghana / Richard H. Morrow -- Primary health care in Democratic Yemen: evolution of policy and political commitment / Malcolm Segall and Glen Williams -- IV. Conclusions. Practising health for all |
| Summary |
This book describes some of the most significant developments in primary health care during the past decade. The editors discuss the case histories in this book in the hope that the PHC programmes described will help other communities in establishing their own health care schemes |
| Analysis |
Developing countries Health services |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
| Subject |
Community health services -- Case studies.
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Community health services -- Developing countries -- Case studies.
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Community Health Services.
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Developing Countries.
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Primary Health Care.
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Developing Countries.
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Primary Health Care.
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Public Health.
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| SUBJECT |
Developing countries http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85037341 -- Community health services -- Case studies
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| Genre/Form |
Case Reports.
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| Author |
Morley, David, 1964-
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Rohde, Jon E.
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Williams, Glen, 1944-
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| LC no. |
83012099 |
| ISBN |
0192614452 |
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9780192614452 |
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