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Helping Health Workers Learn by David
Werner and Bill Bower is a book of methods, aids,
and ideas for instructors at the village level that
'triggers the imagination.' It is written in clear,
fairly basic English, for use by village instructors
who may have limited formal education. Hundreds of
drawings and photographs emphasize the key points.
The book is based on sixteen years of experience
with a villager-run health program in the mountains
of western Mexico. Although many of the teaching ideas
described here were developed in Latin America, methods
and experiences from at least thirty-five countries
around the world are discussed. One section of the
book concerns helping health workers learn how to
use the village health care handbook Where There
Is No Doctor by David Werner.
The focus of Helping Health Workers Learn is
educational rather than medical. It has been written
especially for instructors and health workers who
identify with the working people and who feel that
their first responsibility is to the poor. Rather
than trying to change people's attitudes and behavior,
this community-based approach tries to help people
analyze and change the situation that surrounds them.
The five major parts of the book are:
- Part 1: Approaches and Plans
- Part 2: Learning Through Seeing, Doing, and Thinking
- Part 3: Learning to Use the Book, Where There
Is No Doctor
- Part 4: Activities with Mothers and Children
- Part 5: Health in Relation to Food, Land, and
Social Problems
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