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Increasing the effectiveness of community workers through training of spouses: a family planning experiment in Guatemala.
  • Published Date:
    1983 May-Jun
  • Source:
    Public Health Rep. 98(3):273-277
  • Language:
    English
Filetype[PDF-1.33 MB]


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    Public Health Rep
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    As community-based distribution (CBD) systems for the delivery of contraceptive methods are implemented in developing countries around the world, there is growing interest in making these programs more effective. Previous research on the CBD program in Guatemala indicated the importance of the role of the spouse: those community volunteers (called "distributors") who received assistance from their spouses were more effective in selling contraceptives than those who did not. The current experiment was designed to test the effect of providing the spouses of distributors with a formal 3-day training course on family planning and contraceptives. "Effect" was operationally measured in terms of the level of contraceptive sales. To this end sales data were compared for the experimental group (33 distributors whose spouses received the training) and the control group (33 distributors whose spouses wanted to attend the training but could not because their primary occupation did not allow them to be absent) for periods of 6 months prior to and 6 months following the training. The results indicate that sales among the experimental group increased significantly, whereas no such increase was found among the controls. This suggests a strategy for increasing the effectiveness of community volunteer workers that has received relatively little attention in the literature to date.

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  • Pubmed ID:
    6867260
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    PMCnull
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    Journal Article
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    Public Health Reports
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      Published Date:
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      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 98(3):252-260
      Description:
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      Source:
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      File Type:
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      Personal Author:
      Nicklason, J H; Donaldson, M S; Ott, J E;
      Published Date:
      1983 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 98(3):222-226
      Description:
      Before expanding a health education program, the staff of the George Washington University Health Plan conducted a needs assessment of members. Patients in the HMO's adult care and parents in pediatric waiting areas answered survey questions, and a r...
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      Personal Author:
      Dempsey, P A; Gesse, T;
      Published Date:
      1983 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 98(3):261-267
      Description:
      As a result of the recent influx of Haitian refugees, referred to as the "boat people," the large county-owned hospital in Miami, Fla., reported that, of the 8,000 births for 1980, approximately 1 in 5 deliveries was of a Haitian woman. One hundred f...
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      Personal Author:
      Thelin, J W; Joseph, D J; Davis, W E; Baker, D E; Hosokawa, M C;
      Published Date:
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      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 98(3):268-273
      Description:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
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      Source:
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      Description:
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      Published Date:
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      File Type:
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      Personal Author:
      Spendlove, J C; Fannin, K F;
      Published Date:
      1983 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 98(3):229-244
      Description:
      The usual profile of indoor microbial aerosols probably has little meaning to healthy people. However, hazardous microbial aerosols can penetrate buildings or be generated within them; in either case, they can have significant adverse effects on huma...
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      Personal Author:
      Ruitenberg, E. Joost; Hinman, Alan R.;
      Published Date:
      1983 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 98(3):218-222
      Description:
      A group of public health scientists from the United States and The Netherlands met at a Bicentennial Round Table Conference December 1-2, 1982, to discuss the latest developments in immunization against infectious diseases, focusing on pertussis, pol...
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      Published Date:
      May-Jun 1983
      Source:
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      Description:
      Includes "publications" list.
      File Type:
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      Personal Author:
      Hayes, A H
      Published Date:
      1983 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 98(3):207-210
      Description:
      The Food and Drug Administration is engaged in a broad-based program to make consumers more aware of the potential impact on health of sodium consumption well in excess of dietary needs; to encourage food manufacturers to lower the amounts of sodium ...
      File Type:
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      Personal Author:
      Dowdle, W R
      Published Date:
      1983 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 98(3):210-218
      Description:
      Great progress has been made in the United States in reducing infectious disease mortality. However, infectious diseases remain the greatest cause of morbidity in this country. Newer infectious diseases or agents have been recognized, but newer tools...
      File Type:
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      Personal Author:
      Cornoni-Huntley, Joan; Barbano, Helen E.; Brody, Jacob A.; Cohen, Bruce; Feldman, Jacob J.; Kleinman, Joel C.; Madans, Jennifer H.;
      Published Date:
      1983 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 98(3):245-251
      Description:
      An epidemiologic follow-up of the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES I), being conducted from 1982 to 1984, is expected to provide estimates of the risks of certain health conditions for a sample of the U.S. population and...
      File Type:
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      Personal Author:
      Stark, Alice D.; Janerich, Dwight T.; Jereb, Susan K.; Hoff, Margaret;
      Published Date:
      1983 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 98(3):277-283
      Description:
      Linkage of New York State record systems was the key strategy in a restrospective cohort study with a 24-34 year followup interval. Parents of children with anencephaly or spina bifida and matched control parents were traced to determine the parents'...
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    16. Dental care needs of Army recruits.
      Personal Author:
      Parker, W A; Mangelsdorff, A D; Brunner, D G;
      Published Date:
      1983 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 98(3):292-296
      Description:
      To determine the prevalence amng current U.S. Army recruits of dental conditions requiring treatment, an assessment was done of the dental care needs of a 3 percent sample (N = 5,613) of incoming recruits at all seven U.S. Army reception stations tha...
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      Published Date:
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      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 98(3)
      File Type:
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