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Title
WHO - Healthy Villages
A guide for communities and
community health workers
Abstract
Many factors determine the health both of individuals and of the communities
in which they live. These factors include income, social relationships,
access to and use of basic services such as water supply and sanitation, the
quality of available health services, individual responsibility and the quality
of the environment. Consequently, public health interventions designed to
reduce the risk of ill-health and promote feelings of well-being in a community
must consider many social and environmental factors. These factors will
vary in importance between communities, because of differences in the
current services, facilities, priorities and needs of the communities, and
because communities change over time. If health interventions are needed in
several areas, they may need to be prioritized before they are implemented.
Several programmes, such as primary health care or the Basic Development
Needs programme, address the factors that influence the health and wellbeing
of communities.
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