Support groups for women with lymphatic filariasis in Haiti
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 OBJECTIVES AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 BACKGROUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 METHODS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Recruitment, training and organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Programme evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 RESULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 The development of lymphoedema support groups . . . . 18 Indigenization of the support groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Benefits of support group participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Achieving sustainability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Indigenization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Sustainability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Applicability to other areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 S oc ia l, Ec on om ic a nd B eh av io ur al R es ea rc h • Re po rt N o. 2
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تاریخ انتشار 2003