Births, deaths and medical emergencies in the district: a rapid participatory appraisal in Nepal.
Two qualitative rapid appraisal techniques were used in a community-based study to investigate health beliefs, attitudes and practices in a rural district in Nepal. Pregnancy and childbirth remain non-medical activities managed at home. Deaths may be avoided by better access to hospital emergency services. Health awareness of some problems, e.g. oral rehydration and diarrhoeal disease, is high; but of others, e.g. association of haemoptysis with tuberculosis, is poor. These methods require few resources, are efficient in time and manpower required, and generate useful relevant information on a target population. They are recommended for district health development programmes elsewhere.
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Myagdi Hospital Development Programme, International Nepal Fellowship, Pokhara.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001723:Birth Rate; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods*; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality; D009390:Nepal / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy