Prospective Community Studies in Developing Countries
Published on 22. January 1998
Book
Hardback
360 pages
978-0-19-829209-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents an overview of the leading prospective studies in developing countries in population and health research. Prospective community studies are concerned with the understanding of the incidence of birth, disease and death. The leading practitioners in this field present the methodologies they have developed and summarize the major findings of their studies. Since many of these methodologies have never been documented and the results are scattered in different publications, the volume provides a great deal of valuable information which is difficult to locate. Thus it will be an indispensable guide to researchers in the field of prospective studies and will also be helpful as a teaching aid. It is a unique compendium of reflective accounts of prospective research, which has been so fundamental to many major innovations regarding the way demographic behaviour is observed, monitored and analysed. It also provides a comprehensive account of the substantive contribution of prospective studies, which include some innovative and seminal findings on community health. The debate on the most efficient kinds of surveys is still ongoing, and some of the surveys are still in progress too. The book will be of great interest for demographers, public health researchers, family planners and survey specialists.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
line figures, tables
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
705 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-829209-8 (9780198292098)
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Content
INTRODUCTION ; 1. ORIGINS OF LONGITUDINAL COMMUNITY BASED STUDIES CARL E. TAYLOR ; 2. THE HISTORY, METHODOLOGY, AND MAIN FINDINGS OF THE MATLAB PROJECT IN BANGLADESH W. HENRY MOSLEY ; 3. DETERMINANTS OF RATES OF EARLY CHILDHOOD SICKNESS AND DEATH AND OF LONG BIRTH INTERVALS: EVIDENCE FROM THE KHANNA STUDY, RURAL PUNJAB, INDIA, 1954-1964 JOHN B. WYON ; 4. METHODOLOGY AND MAIN FINDINGS ON CHILD SURVIVAL OF THE KHANNA RESTUDY, 1984-1988 MONICA DAS GUPTA ; 5. LESSONS FROM NARANGWAL ABOUT PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, FAMILY PLANNING, AND NUTRITION CARL E. TAYLOR AND CECILE DE SWEEMER ; 6. A COMPARISON OF SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING AND MEDICAL CARE OF PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN IN GUATEMELA NEVIN S. SCRIMSHAW AND MIGUEL GUZMAN ; 7. LONGITUDINAL COMMUNITY HEALTH RESEARCH FOR EQUITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE IN HAITI GRETCHEN BERGGREN, WARREN BERGGREN, HENRI MENAGER, AND EDDY GENECE ; 8. DESIGN, RESULTS, AND COMMENTS ON THE MACHAKOS PROJECT IN KENYA JEROEN K. VAN GINNEKEN, A.S. MULLER, AND OMONDI-ODHIAMBO ; 9. THE PHLOLELA HEALTH CENTRE UNDERSTANDING HELATH AND DISEASE IN SOUTH AFRICA TROUGH COMMUNITY-ORIENTED PRIMARY CARE (COPC) STEPHEN M. TOLLMAN, SIDNEY L. KARK, AND EMILY KARK ; 10. THREE DECADES OF RESEARCH ON POPULATION AND HEALTH: THE ORSTROM EXPERIENCE IN RURAL SENEGAL, 1962-1991 MICHEL GARENNE AND PIERRE CANTRELLE ; 11. BANDAFASSI: A 23-YEAR PROSPECTIVE COMMUNITY STUDY IN RURAL SENEGAL (1970-1993) GILLES PISON, ANNABEL DESGREES DU LOU, AND ANDRE LANGANAY ; 12. BANDIM, AN UNPLANNED LONGITUDINAL STUDY PETER AABY ; APPENDIX