Assessing community health among indigenous populations in ecuador with a participatory approach: Implications for health reform

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 133-147

  Puertas, Benjamín ^a   Schlesser, Marita ^b   Banta, Banta ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^b GW Center for International Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care reform; Indigenous peoples; Participatory assessment

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ECUADOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; ECUADOR; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0035316856     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005281314274     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Latin America and Caribbean Regional Health Sector Reform Initiative (LACHSR). Online. Available: www.paho.org/english/hsp/hsprefo.htm, 30 August 1999.
2. PAHO. Health in the Americas. Volume II. Washington, DC: Pan American Health Organization, 1998, pp. 240-257.
3. PAHO. Reforma del Sector Salud en el Area Andina. Quito: Pan American Health Organization, 1996, p. 151.
4. Terán C and M Malo. (Eds). Políticas de Salud y Pueblos Indios. Quito: Abya Yala, Pan American Health Organization, 1995, p. 16.
5. InterAmerican Development Bank. Acceso Equitativo a los Servicios Básicos de Salud: Hacia una Agenda Regional para la Reforma del Sector Salud. Washington, DC: InterAmerican Development Bank, 1995, p 7.
6. PAHO. Health in the Americas. Volume I. Washington, DC: Pan American Health Organization, 1998, pp. 91-98.
7. Park P. What is Participatory Research? A Theoretical and Methodological Perspective. Amherst: University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1989, p. 3.
8. Ministerio de Desarrollo Humano y Vivienda. Subsecretaría de Saneamiento Ambiental. Informe Estadístico año 1996. Quito: Ministerio de Desarrollo Humano y Vivienda , 1996, p. 35.
9. Union de Organizaciones Campesinas del Norte del Cotopaxi. Diagnóstico Integral. Planchaloma, Ecuador: Unión de Organizaciones Campesinas del Norte del Cotopaxi, 1999, p. 11.
10. Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos. V Censo de Población y IV de Vivienda 1990. Quito: Institute Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos, 1990, p. 68.
11. Ministerio de Salud Pública. Situación de la Salud en el Ecuador. Indicadores Básicos par Provincias. Quito: Ministerio de Salud Pública, 1997, p. 2.
12. PAHO. Cooperation of the Pan American Health Organization in the Health Sector Reform Processes. Washington, DC: Pan American Health Organization, 1997, p. 7.
13. Guldan SG. Obstacles to Community Health Promotion. Social Science and Medicine 1996; 43: 689-695.
14. Rodriguez-Garcia, R and A Goldman (Eds.). The Health-Development Link. Washington, DC: Pan American Health Organization, 1994, p. 11.