This manual has been developed to help experienced health professionals collect, analyze, and use information about the cultural context of diarrhoea.
| Title | Rapid assessment procedures (RAP) : to improve the household management of diarrhea |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Year of Publication | 1993 |
| Authors | Bentley, ME, Herman, E |
| Secondary Title | Methods for social research in disease |
| Pagination | iv, 86 p.: drwngs., fig., tab. |
| Date Published | 1993-01-01 |
| Publisher | International Nutrition Foundation for Developing Countries |
| Place Published | Boston, MA, USA |
| ISBN Number | 0963552236 |
| Keywords | behaviour, beliefs, diarrhoeal diseases, evaluation, information gathering, man3, manuals, rapid assessment, social aspects |
| Abstract | This manual has been developed to help experienced health professionals collect, analyze, and use information about the cultural context of diarrhoea. Its purpose is to identify household and behavioural factors that are characteristic of the local culture and to facilitate the development, implementation, and monitoring of programmes for the control and prevention of diarrhoea. The manual has four sections. Part I describes RAP methods. Part II gives background information on diarrhoea case management and examples of important findings from previous studies of local beliefs about diarrhoea. Part III is a field guide for conducting a study. It tells how to a. quickly identify a culture's belief system about illness; b. define aspects that are most relevant to the programme or project; c. present the implications of the results to control of diarrhoeal diseases (CDD) staff; and d. use the information to make appropriate recommendations. Part IV presents options for applying the study results. The manual includes many examples from field experience in two sites: Baluchistan (Pakistan) and South Sumatra (Indonesia). |
| Notes | Includes references |
| Custom 1 | 125 |
