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Communicating Health: Action guide to health education
John Hubley
It is increasingly being realised that the prevention of disease and the promotion of health depend on the social conditions in which people live and decisions made by politicians, planners, families and indviduals. This book explores the role of communication in improving people's health and discusses strategies for health education, health promotion and empowerment of families and communities to take action on health issues. Practical guidelines are given on how to carry out effective communication in a wide range of settings including the family, community, schools, health services and the mass media.
ISBN 0333576799, (Macmillan), 1993, 256pp, £15.50,

Community Assessment: Guidelines for developing countries
Douglas Stockman
The goal of this introductory text is to assist the reader in identifying causes of ill health in communities, so as to provide more effective and less costly health interventions. Topics explored include basic demographics, water and sanitation, food preparation and nutrition, community resources, health and endemic diseases, and an introduction to the growing field of Rapid Epidemiological Assessment.
ISBN 1853392243, (ITP), 1994, 144pp, £10.95,

Development for Health
Deborah Eade
A collection of studies on health and well-being, where the emphasis is as much on social justice and community particiation as on technical or medical innovations. Including a critical look at the financing of health care from the perspective of poverty-focused NGO's, the issues of policy and practice posed by the challenge of HIV and AIDS, social and cultural constraints to seeking health care (particularly on women), and a description of how deprived urban communities in the UK took practical steps to shape a healthier environment for themselves.
ISBN 085598368X, (Oxfam), 1997, 112pp, £8.95,

Financing Health Care
Hilary Goodman and Catriona Waddington
The aim of this book is to stimulate thinking and provide guidance on the issue of financing health care. It suggests options, raises questions, and provides examples of ways in which health care can be financed. It is designed to help readers think about what is best for their particular working situation rather than to suggest definitive solutions. Intended for managers, health workers, those involved in NGO health programmes.
ISBN 0855981873, (Oxfam), 1993, 80pp, £5.95,

Handbook for Health Workers
Sister Aileen Doggett and Janet McVicar
A guide for anyone with some experience in health care who is planning to train health workers with basic literary skills and no background in health care. This simple course assists the trainer in passing on grassroots knowledge, skills and attitudes.
ISBN , (Ambassador Publications), 1990, 160pp, £8.50,

Health Sector Reform in Developing Countries : Making Health Development Sustainable
Peter (Ed.) Berman
ISBN 067438525X, (Harvard University Press), , , £9.95,

Healthy City Projects in Developing Countries: An international approach to local problems
Edmundo Werna, Trudy Harpham, Ilona Blue and Greg Goldstein
The Healthy City Projects in Developing Countries draws on experiences in a range of cities to show how to design, implement and evaluate the integration of public health into urban management. The results will be of significance to all those making and implementing urban policies, as well as those working in and on public health, urban development, environmental issues or have a strong interest in the healthy cities movement.
ISBN 1853834556, (Earthscan), 1998, 150pp, £15.95,

Helping Health Workers Learn
David Werner and Bill Bower
A well-illustrated manual, written in a clear style for use by village instructors who may have little formal education. Based on sixteen years experience with a villager-run health programme in the mountains of Mexico.
ISBN 0942364104, (TALC), 1982, 632pp, £11.95,

Making Health Care Equipment: Ideas for local design and production
Compiled by Adam Platt and Nicola Carter
Health care practitioners, planners and artisans will find ideas and designs for equipment that can be made locally in relatively small workshops. Alternative materials and fabrication methods are described to meet differing local circumstances.
ISBN 1853390674, (ITP), 1990, 80pp, £9.95,

Net Gain: A new method for preventing malaria deaths
Edited by C.Lengler, J.Cattani and D.de Savigny
For the first time since the 1950s, there is hope that malaria can be controlled in areas where it is highly endemic, especially in Africa. Large-scale trials of insecticide-treated nets in the Gambia, Ghana and Kenya have produced remarkable results. The mortality rate of children under 5 years of age has been reduced by up to 63 percent.
ISBN 0889367922, (IDRC), 1997, 260pp, £19.95,

Participatory Research in Health: Issues and experiences
Edited by Korrie de Koning and Marion Martin
Participatory research has in recent years gained considerable importance both as a research strategy and as an educational process. This volume breaks new ground by presenting the experience and reflections of academics and practitioners, both from North and South, who are using this approach in the field of health.
ISBN 1856493520, (Zed Books), 1996, 242pp, £15.95,

Poverty and Health: Reaping a Richer Harvest
Marie-Therese Feuerstein
Examining the effects of poverty on human health, this is a well-illustrated practical field handbook and textbook containing numerous tables, charts and diagrams.
ISBN 0333661303, (Macmillan), 1997, , £8.99,

Questioning the Solution: The politics of primary health care and child survival-with an in-depth critique of oral rehydration therapy
David Werner and David Sanders with Jason Weston, Steve Babb and Bill Rodriguez
This book explores the history of medicine and public health since colonial times, and show that health is determined more by the equity or inequity of social structures than by conventional health services. It reveals how structural adjustment policies and the globalization of the economy diminish the health and quality of life of vulnerable people, especially women and children.
ISBN 1856494764, (Healthwrights), 1997, 206pp, £15.95,

Where There is No Dentist
Murray Dickson
Shows how to diagnose and treat dental problems and also suggests new ways to work for better dental health in the community. It encourages people to take the lead in caring for their own health. Also available in Portuguese (.50).
ISBN 0942364058, (Hesperian Foundation), 1996, 188pp, £8.50,

Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook for Africa Revised Edition
David Werner
This new revised edition of this standard text encourages people to take the lead in caring for their own health. This approach to health care implies respect for the dignity of all persons as well as confidence in their resourcefulness.
ISBN 0333516524, (Macmillan), 1993, 466pp, £7.99,

Where There Is No Doctor: International Edition A Village Health Care Handbook Revised Edition
David Werner
This new revised international edition of this standard text includes information about some additional health problems such as AIDS, dengue, drug addiction, among many others, written in clear English. Also available in French (4.00), Spanish (12.95), Portuguese (11.95) and Arabic (7.50).
ISBN 0333516516, (Macmillan), 1993, 446pp, £7.75,

Where Women Have no Doctor: A health guide for women
Burns & Lovich
The first comprehensive community-based health book for women, it uses simple English and hundreds of illustrations to help women and girls from different cultures and educational backgrounds learn how to identify common medical problems and the ways of treating them.
ISBN 0333649338, (Macmillan), 1997, 584pp, £7.99,

World Mental Health: Problems and priorities in low-income countries
Robert Desjarlais, Leon Eisenberg, Byron Good and Arthur Kleinman
The great human suffering caused by mental illness affects communities worldwide, as stress, rapid social change or family disruption are all involved. This book is a call to action for individuals, communities, governments, and international agencies to take the steps necessary to stem the growing personal and social burdens due to mental illness and behavioural problems worldwide.
ISBN 019511311X, (Oxford University Press), 1996, 382pp, £25.50,