Setting Up Community Health Programmes: A Practical Manual for Use in Developing Countries
Ted Lankester
The first US edition of Setting Up Community Health Programmes benefits from almost two decades of use, testing and revision. This detailed, simply written how-to manual covers all the basic principles of community based health care, setting up specific programs, and managing them, while reflecting post-millennium realities. Topics covered include
- Health Awareness and Motivation
- Learning about the Community
- Setting up a Community Health Clinic
- Setting up Community Programs for TB, Maternal Health, and Family Planning
- A Community Development Approach to HIV/AIDS
- Setting up Environmental Health Improvements
- Managing Personnel and Finance
Designed for both urban and rural locations, this book addresses the needs of health workers, program managers, doctors, nurses, health planners, and all those who seek an evidence-based and practical approach to health care in the developing world.
Publication Details
- Published: 2000
- Publisher: Macmillan Education LTD
- ISBN-10: 0333679334
- ISBN-13: 978-0942364644
- Dewey Decimal: 614.4
- ECHO Library: 614.4 LAN