In carrying out two projects involving environmental health indicators--a national environmental health programme evaluation and an international environmental health indicator system--in parallel, it became apparent that an international indicator set has limitations regarding the evaluation of a national programme such as the Swiss National Environment and Health Action Plan (NEHAP). The inte...

In carrying out two projects involving environmental health indicators – a national environmental health programme evaluation and an international environmental health indicator system – in parallel, it became apparent that an international indicator set has limitations regarding the evaluation of a national programme such as the Swiss National Environment and Health Action Plan (NEHAP). The in...

The National Mental Health Programme (NMHP) of India was initiated in 1982 1 and this year it will be completing 25 years. The programme is at a crucial stage of expansion to cover a larger population of the country. The approach paper for the 11 th Five Year Plan 2 outlines the scope of mental health as follows: " The 11 th Five Year Plan will recognize the importance of mental health care and...

Africa is a vast continent straddling the equator with roughly equal landmasses in each hemisphere. It forms one of the three major tropical land areas (along with South America and Indonesia-Borneo or the so-called 'maritime continent') and is surrounded by two of the three tropical oceanic basins. Af-rica's unique geographical position leads to an equally substantial role in determining the c...

RATIONALE, AIM AND OBJECTIVES This paper describes the results of the process evaluation of a physical activity programme for people with intellectual disabilities (ID), including information about the concepts 'fidelity', 'dose delivered', 'satisfaction' and 'context'. METHODS Qualitative and quantitative methods among participants and programme leaders were used. RESULTS The programme was...

During this workshop, held as part of a joint Nutrition Society and Food Standards Agency (Agency) meeting on Micronutrient interactions and public health, several precepts for a successful funding application to the Agency were discussed. These precepts, many of which can be used as guiding principles for project proposals to other funding bodies, are summarised as follows: remember that the A...

Knowledge reuse has long been an issue for organisations. The management, reuse and transfer of knowledge can improve project management capabilities (i.e., learning, memory, cycle time) resulting in continuous learning. Although knowledge management has been recognised as a critical success factor in programme management very little research has been conducted to date (Lycett, Rassau, & Danson...

This paper describes how Honduras’ national dengue control programme was innovated by an action research project carried out in El Progreso (1990-1996). One intriguing vector control measure discovered by this project was a locally acceptable method for cleaning large cement washbasins and metal drums, known as “the Untadita” or “little dab”. A large-scale social mobilization and communication ...