World Health Organization Publication : Year 1987 ; The Community Health Worker - in English: The Community Health Worker

By World Health Organization

Book Id: WPLBN0000134132
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	World Health Organization Publication : Year 1987 ; The Community Health Worker - in English: The Community Health Worker
Author:	World Health Organization
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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 Organization, W. H. (n.d.). World Health Organization Publication : Year 1987 ; The Community Health Worker - in English. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.cc/

Description
Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
This guide was originally issued in 1974 as a WHO working document entitled Training and utilization of village health workers. That document was extensively field-tested, and in 1977 it was published as an experimental edition entitled The primary health worker. The book proved very successful and stocks were rapidly exhausted. In 1980, the experimental edition was further modified in the light of more information from the users, and a revised edition was issued in five languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish, and Russian. Since then, adaptations andlor translations have been published in many countries.

Table of Contents
Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Part 1 Working guide Chapter 1 Knowing yol/r community 1 Unit 1 Learning about the community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 Unit2 Epidemics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Chapter 2 Promoting a healthy environment in the community Unit3 Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Unit 4 Water supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Unit 5 Food safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Unit 6 Getting rid of waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Unit 7 Disposal of excreta: latrines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Unit 8 Keeping schoolchildren healthy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Unit 9 Vectors of disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Chapter 3 Keeping the family healthy Unit 10 Personal and family hygiene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Unit 11 Tuberculosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Unit 12 Chronic illness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Unit 13 Health care of old people . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Unit 14 Disabled people . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Chapter 4 Health care of women Unit 15 Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Unit 16 Labour and delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ! . . 127 Unit 17 First few weeks after delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Unit 18 Planning a family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Unit 19 Health problems of women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167