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Health problems in rural communities, Zimbabwe

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In many communities of the developing world formal health services are introduced without first understanding how the people perceive their health needs, health problems and what they do about them. There is therefore no identification of common bases for integration of the new ideas with the old. This paper presents some of the reasons why dual consultations exist with both modern and traditional health services in Zimbabwean communities. It also presents some strategies for developing patient or client centred health programmes that meet the real and felt needs of people in various communities.

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  • Mutambirwa, Jane, 1989. "Health problems in rural communities, Zimbabwe," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 29(8), pages 927-932, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:29:y:1989:i:8:p:927-932
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    1. Elizabeth Elliot & Marian Pitts & John Mcmaster, 1992. "Nurses' Views of Parasuicide in a Developing Country," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 38(4), pages 273-279, December.
    2. Teuton, Joanna & Dowrick, Christopher & Bentall, Richard P., 2007. "How healers manage the pluralistic healing context: The perspective of indigenous, religious and allopathic healers in relation to psychosis in Uganda," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 65(6), pages 1260-1273, September.
    3. Munyaradzi Kenneth Dodzo & Marvellous Mhloyi, 2017. "Home is best: Why women in rural Zimbabwe deliver in the community," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(8), pages 1-23, August.

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