Chaka, Mezgebu (2006) Process Evaluation on Child Survival Interventions in SNNPR: Special Focus on Community Health Promotion Initiatives. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
Current trends in the field of health promotion emphasize community-based programs employing multiple interventions as the main strategies for achieving population-level change in risk behaviors and health. It may be difficult to find the individual who would be friendly concerned about the welfare of the other, uninterested in money, and hard working respecting and willing to visit any who ask her/him. The purpose of this study was to evaluate child survival program interventions with special focus on community health promotion initiatives and to assess determinants of community health promoters’ functionality in SNNRP, two Woredas of Gamogofa Zone and Alaba Special Woreda A comparative cross-sectional study was used to compare functioning CHP with nonfunctional CHP in study areas. The study was a census survey, thus the study population were all the CHPs trained in the study area in 2003 (n=443). In addition, 2 focus group discussions were held in each study woreda and in-depth interviews were made with key informants in the study areas. Epi-Info and SPSS software were used for data entry and analysis to reveal the finding. The finding revealed that 88.3% of interviewed community health promoters were performing 50% or more of the activities mentioned in their job description. Eleven point seven percent of the community health promoters were found to be performing no activities at the time of interview .i.e a point prevalence attrition rate of 11.7% over 2 years in the study areas. According to the community response, community health promoters were very good health teachers,” Increased ITN utilization, toilet use, hand wash practice after toilet, and improved household hygiene, were the major appreciable change observed following the introduction of CHPs”. The finding could help the health planners who are interested to improve community based health interventions as to address the primary health care services through community involvement and responsibility for health.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Health. Child health services |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Emmanuel Ndorimana |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Nov 2018 09:27 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Nov 2018 09:27 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/7502 |
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