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Table of Contents:
Preface vii Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Chapter 2 First steps to community assessment 5 The need for assessment 5 Working with community leaders 7 Where to start 8 Observation methods 10 Chapter 3 Basic demographics 13 Population density 14 Fertility rate and family composition 15 Socioeconomic indicators 19 Chapter 4 Water and sanitation 25 Water quality 25 Water quantity 27 Human waste disposal 28 Disease transmission by water contact 29 Water-related diseases 30 Chapter 5 Food - preparation and nutrition 35 Maternal effects on child nutrition 35 Child nutrition 37 Food availability - family level 39 The cooking facility and cooking methods 40 Food selection 43 Chapter 6 Food - agriculture 49 Food source and food availability 49 Factors limiting crop yield 51 1. Seed variety 51 2. Irrigation 52 3. Fertilizer use 53 4. Land management 57 5. Harvesting and storage 58 Chapter 7 Identification of community resources 63 People Raw Materials Transportation Leaders Skilled workers Literate people Community members Traditional healers Building materials methods Cars and trucks Human-powered transportation Animal-powered transportation Water transportation Alternative energy sources 1. Humans and animals 2. Electricity and fossil fuels 3. Natural energy sources Monetary and material resources Outside resources 1. Money 2. Personnel 3. Books and educational materials Chapter 8 Health, health care and endemic diseases 79 Health care availability 79 1. Barriers to health care 81 2. Health facility services 84 3. Essential medicines 85 4. Vertical programmes 87 At-risk groups 88 1. Women 88 2. Children 91 3. The elderly 100 4. Other at-risk groups 101 Common and endemic diseases 103 1. Disease prevalence and identification 104 2. Detection of onchocerciasis 107 3. Nightblindness - a screening tool for xerophthalmia 109 4. Haematuria and proteinuria as an indicator of schistosomiasis 110 5. Estimating malaria prevalence 111 Chapter 9 Rapid epidemiological assessment 123 Cluster sampling 123 Verbal autopsy 125 Estimating maternal mortality by the sisterhood method 127 Questionnaires aimed at key informants 130 RE A summary 133 Appendices 1. International agricultural research centres 135 2. REA equations 136 3. Health survey guidelines 137 4. Sources for published materials pertaining to international health 138 Index 139


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781780441641
  • Publisher: Practical Action Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Practical Action Publishing
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: A catalogue of potential solutions
  • ISBN-10: 1780441649
  • Publisher Date: 15 Dec 1981
  • Binding: Digital download
  • No of Pages: 456


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