221.688.81 Social and Behavioral Foundations of Primary Health Care

One of the pilas used for public washing in Guatemala is targeted for control of malaria and water borne illnesses. Hundreds of people become ill from the water every year.
One of the pilas used for public washing in Guatemala is targeted for control of malaria and water borne illnesses. Hundreds of people become ill from the water every year.
Course

Instructor

Bill Brieger

Originally Offered:

Summer 2004

Offered By

International Health


Description

Social and Behavioral Foundations of Primary Health Care aims at providing you with the knowledge and skills needed to diagnose (understand) community, individual, and organizational behaviors and change processes in developing countries and in cross-cultural settings as a foundation for planning culturally appropriate primary health care (PHC) in the context of the ecological model of health behavior.


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