INTRODUCTION An effective fight against cholera requires an in-depth consideration of the knowledge, attitudes and social representations of cholera within a population. Cholera outbreaks persist in the Extreme North of Cameroon because of the inadequate integration of representations of cholera, water and hygiene in the fight against this disease. Through a constructivist intercultural approac...

AIM This paper is a report of a study to answer the research question: can participative action research help to halt the deterioration in methadone substitution treatment and develop new care strategies which are better geared toward the patients' needs? BACKGROUND In the Netherlands, methadone substitute treatment has been the main medical treatment for heroin addiction since the early 1980...

The article examines the transformation of content idea participatory democracy with reference to historical retrospection.
 To carry out a full-fledged analysis evolution democracy, way development concept in general is considered. It has been established that phenomenon "democracy" originates from times antiquity and works Aristotle (384-322 BC), philosophers Renaissance (M. Machiavelli,...