Health Organisation, Malaria Comission; World Health Organization : Organisation Mondiale de la Sante; Serie de Monographies, Issue No. 82. 984: Community Participation in Urban Mosquito-Borne Disease/Mosquito Programmes

By Tsun Hsing Yang

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Title:	Health Organisation, Malaria Comission; World Health Organization : Organisation Mondiale de la Sante; Serie de Monographies, Issue No. 82. 984: Community Participation in Urban Mosquito-Borne Disease/Mosquito Programmes
Author:	Tsun Hsing Yang
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


Citation APA MLA Chicago Hsing Yang, B. T. (n.d.). Health Organisation, Malaria Comission; World Health Organization : Organisation Mondiale de la Sante; Serie de Monographies, Issue No. 82. 984. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

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1. INTRODUCTION The importance of community participation i n planning and implementing health programmes has long been recognized. A t the Alma-Ata Conference on Primary Health Care community p a r t i c i p a t i o n was defined as the process by which individuals and families assume responsib i l i t y for t h e i r own health and welfare and for those of the community, and develop the capacity to contribute to t h e i r and the cornunity ' s development (WHO/UNICEF , 1978) . They thus come to know t h e i r own s i t u a t i o n b e t t e r and are motivated to solve t h e i r common problems. It is an important strategy i n the primary h e a l t h c a r e approach.

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CONTENTS Page 1. Introduction.. . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2. Urbanization and urban mosquito-borne disease problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3. Favourable conditions in urban areas for community participation . . . . . , . . . . 2 4. Community participation in different control measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4.1 Environmental management . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4.2 Larval control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4.3 Adult mosquito control and personal protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4.4 Case detection and radical treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5. Ways of community participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5.1 Community participation in mass movements for hygiene . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5.2 Community participation in day-to-day health work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6. Role of the government in community participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7. Health education and community participation . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 8. Role of professional health workers and community health workers in community participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7