The implementation of a diarrheal disease control program in Honduras: Is it ‘selective primary health care’ or ‘integrated primary health care’?

Community Health Workers and Primary Health Care in Honduras

“…The population base is approximately 4.6 million of which 63% reside in rural areas (Kendall, 1988). Almost half' the population (48%) are <15 years of age and 20% are <5 years of age (Kendall, 1988). The annual growth rate in Honduras is 3.5%, and the annual per capita income is $560 (The World Factbook, 1988).…”

“…The small country of Honduras in Central America borders the republics of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua ( Figure 1). The population base is approximately 4.6 million of which 63% reside in rural areas (Kendall, 1988). Almost half' the population (48%) are <15 years of age and 20% are <5 years of age (Kendall, 1988).…”

Community Health Workers and Primary Health Care in Honduras

“…The population base is approximately 4.6 million of which 63% reside in rural areas (Kendall, 1988). Almost half' the population (48%) are <15 years of age and 20% are <5 years of age (Kendall, 1988). The annual growth rate in Honduras is 3.5%, and the annual per capita income is $560 (The World Factbook, 1988).…”

“…The small country of Honduras in Central America borders the republics of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua ( Figure 1). The population base is approximately 4.6 million of which 63% reside in rural areas (Kendall, 1988). Almost half' the population (48%) are <15 years of age and 20% are <5 years of age (Kendall, 1988).…”

The future relevance of medical geography for health planning, health and development in the third world

“…For example, the relative merits of broad-based, comprehensive primary health care and disease-oriented selective primary health care require assessment in many settings (see for a summary, Walt 1986, 1988;Kendall 1988). In conducting case studies in many varied settings, medical geographers should be able to contribute to the debate on many such programmes which is ongoing in the social and medical sciences.…”

The child's body without fluid: mother's knowledge and practices about hydration and rehydration in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

“…Many studies emphasised the ethnomedical approach,7 – 9 applied rapid ethnographic methods10 to analyse the effectiveness of medical campaigns,11 – 13 examined the potential role of popular healers as effective mediators in the spread of these therapies14 – 17 and described how mothers used these therapies 18 19. Only two anthropological studies focused on the cultural meanings of dehydration 20 21.…”

Community Health Workers and Primary Health Care in Honduras

“…The population base is approximately 4.6 million of which 63% reside in rural areas (Kendall, 1988). Almost half' the population (48%) are <15 years of age and 20% are <5 years of age (Kendall, 1988). The annual growth rate in Honduras is 3.5%, and the annual per capita income is $560 (The World Factbook, 1988).…”

“…The small country of Honduras in Central America borders the republics of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua ( Figure 1). The population base is approximately 4.6 million of which 63% reside in rural areas (Kendall, 1988). Almost half' the population (48%) are <15 years of age and 20% are <5 years of age (Kendall, 1988).…”

The future relevance of medical geography for health planning, health and development in the third world

“…For example, the relative merits of broad-based, comprehensive primary health care and disease-oriented selective primary health care require assessment in many settings (see for a summary, Walt 1986, 1988;Kendall 1988). In conducting case studies in many varied settings, medical geographers should be able to contribute to the debate on many such programmes which is ongoing in the social and medical sciences.…”

The child's body without fluid: mother's knowledge and practices about hydration and rehydration in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

“…Many studies emphasised the ethnomedical approach,7 – 9 applied rapid ethnographic methods10 to analyse the effectiveness of medical campaigns,11 – 13 examined the potential role of popular healers as effective mediators in the spread of these therapies14 – 17 and described how mothers used these therapies 18 19. Only two anthropological studies focused on the cultural meanings of dehydration 20 21.…”

Community Health Workers and Primary Health Care in Honduras

“…The population base is approximately 4.6 million of which 63% reside in rural areas (Kendall, 1988). Almost half' the population (48%) are <15 years of age and 20% are <5 years of age (Kendall, 1988). The annual growth rate in Honduras is 3.5%, and the annual per capita income is $560 (The World Factbook, 1988).…”

“…The small country of Honduras in Central America borders the republics of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua ( Figure 1). The population base is approximately 4.6 million of which 63% reside in rural areas (Kendall, 1988). Almost half' the population (48%) are <15 years of age and 20% are <5 years of age (Kendall, 1988).…”

The future relevance of medical geography for health planning, health and development in the third world

“…For example, the relative merits of broad-based, comprehensive primary health care and disease-oriented selective primary health care require assessment in many settings (see for a summary, Walt 1986, 1988;Kendall 1988). In conducting case studies in many varied settings, medical geographers should be able to contribute to the debate on many such programmes which is ongoing in the social and medical sciences.…”

The child's body without fluid: mother's knowledge and practices about hydration and rehydration in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

“…Many studies emphasised the ethnomedical approach,7 – 9 applied rapid ethnographic methods10 to analyse the effectiveness of medical campaigns,11 – 13 examined the potential role of popular healers as effective mediators in the spread of these therapies14 – 17 and described how mothers used these therapies 18 19. Only two anthropological studies focused on the cultural meanings of dehydration 20 21.…”