TY - JOUR KW - Brazil KW - Child Health Services KW - Communicable Disease Control KW - Community Health Services KW - Community participation KW - Deficiency Diseases KW - Disease Reservoirs KW - Health Resources KW - Health Surveys KW - Housing KW - Humans KW - Motivation KW - Patient Care Team KW - Sex Education KW - Socioeconomic Factors AU - Tauil M C AU - Azevedo A C AB -

This article describes community participation in a comprehensive eight-year health program at Porto Nacional, a town in Brazils Amazon region. The authors discuss various techniques employed to encourage community participation, indicate methods used to resolve low-key conflicts in a positive manner, describe the major contributions made by community participation in this program, and present a number of conclusions considered applicable to other communities in this part of Brazil.

BT - Bulletin of the Pan American Health Organization C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/698459?dopt=Abstract DA - 1978 IS - 2 J2 - Bull Pan Am Health Organ LA - eng N2 -

This article describes community participation in a comprehensive eight-year health program at Porto Nacional, a town in Brazils Amazon region. The authors discuss various techniques employed to encourage community participation, indicate methods used to resolve low-key conflicts in a positive manner, describe the major contributions made by community participation in this program, and present a number of conclusions considered applicable to other communities in this part of Brazil.

PY - 1978 SP - 95 EP - 103 T2 - Bulletin of the Pan American Health Organization TI - Community participation in health activities in an Amazon community of Brazil. VL - 12 SN - 0085-4638 ER -