The primary health care approach towards an acceptable level of health.
Date
1992
Authors
Coovadia, Tasneem.
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Abstract
A definition of development includes improving living conditions
and the quality of life. There is an interrelationship between
health and social and economic development. "Health Leads to and
at the same time is dependant on a progressive improvement in
conditions and quality of life". (World Health Organisation).
Therefore a dIscussion on health has to take into account the
socio-economic and political context.
In assessing the health profile of the homeland populations one
finds them to be the least healthy. The problem is that the level
of health of the rural population is low and the health care
situation follows that of a developing society, where poverty-related
diseases and infant mortality rates are high and life
expectancies are unacceptably low.
The rationale of this discourse is to express the need of action
by governments, and health Bnd development workers, to protect
and promote health. The aim is to examine the primary health care
approach in Q sample area and see how it can be used to achieve
an acceptable level of health.
Background on the state of health will be addressed. The health
services under apartheid is discussed in the first section, with
attention given to statistical information and health indicators.
Description
Discourse for the partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
degree of Master of Science (Development Planning) at the
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg,
Keywords
Rural health services -- South Africa., Primary health care -- South Africa., Development economics -- South Africa.