This document concerns a project in Tonga in which commercial marketing techniques are used to achieve the social goal of improving reproductive health. The document reports on how PRA techniques were adopted to determine the feasibility of this approach in the Tongan context.
Local leaders in south eastern Bolivia identified a rapid decline in the number of traditional healers (payes) and concluded that their indigenous health system was at risk. They commissioned an appraisal of indigenous health knowledge to improve understanding and come up with a plan of action. The article describes the methodology used, including how the people moved from analysis to action plans, and also some of the outcomes of the exercise.
Report of a participatory health needs assessment carried out on the Roundshaw Estate by a team of residents, health, housing and youth service workers, which focused specifically on residents views on well-being on the estate and their suggestions for improving the quality of life there. The report includes a section evaluating and reflecting on the process used, which examines amongst other aspects, reactions of the community members and also the Participatory Appraisal Team to the process.
This lengthy and detailed document represents a summarised report of the second Internal Evaluation of an ongoing Fourth phase implementation of the above named project in Bangladesh. The objective of this evaluation was both to assess the progress
of the project and to test some new methodological approaches that had been applied in order to further strengthen grassroots participation. The methods utilised were mostly PRA and they were applied at the beneficiary level. The emphasis was laid on the potentials of the participants to evaluate the present situation and outline realistic future options. The document is split into six major chapters which in turn outline the Terms of Reference, a discussion of the principles of PRA and a short introduction to the methods applied. Chapter three presents the executive summary which leads to a more extensive discussion of the findings in Chapter four. The observers comments and recommendations are used to draw some conclusions applicable for the on-going fourth phase implementation and for the planning of a fifth phase. The last chapter includes some appendices of the basic orientation and
results from the evaluation. A bibliography is added at the back.
This document provides guidelines to be used as a reference for the implementation process of a proposed Nutrition and Early Childhood Development Project in Uganda.
PRA is suggested as a key strategy to be used in the community planning and relevant techniques and training methods which can be used at each stage in the process are described. The guidelines also considrer the process of community mobilisation.
This document comprises of a plan for participatory research work to explore the isssues of HIV with immigrants and sexual health workers. Methods to be used include daily listing, focus group discussions and life histories. The paper includes a section explaining why these methods have been chosen rather than questionnaires.
This paper is a report on an assessment of health and related needs as experienced and perceived by residents in Efaye, a rural community in the New Hanover area, KwaZulu-Natal. It was carried out in association with the New Hanover Primary Health Care and Development Programme, which aims to promote healthy villages and improve primary health care in local communities. Following a three day training course the research team worked with local residents to represent and analyse issues such as perceptions of health and well-being, access to health services, why people use different health services, perceptions of health problems and priority needs for action and ideas for action plans. Planning for action and further research remain in process. This assessment represents the beginning of a planned ongoing process of participatory research and action by other rural communities in the New Hanover Health District.
Findings from research carried out in residential communities adjacent to chemical industries in Durban. The purpose of the research was to begin the process of developing community-based quality of life indicators for monitoring and evaluating the performance of the industries. This was done using a range of participatory methods with men and women in community groups, and was part of a wider set of Local Agenda 21 activities within the city.
