Community-Based Treatment: Psychosocial, Pharmacological, and Rehabilitation in Developing Countries

AbstractThe effect of voluntary health insurance on preventive health has received limited research attention in developing countries, even when they suffer immensely from easily preventable illnesses. This paper surveys households in rural south-western Uganda, which are geographically serviced by a voluntary Community-based health insurance scheme, and applied propensity score matching to assess the effect of enrolment on using mosquito nets and deworming under-five children. We find that enrolment in the scheme increased the probability of using a mosquito net by 26% and deworming by 18%. We postulate that these findings are partly mediated by information diffusion and social networks, financial protection, which gives households the capacity to save and use service more, especially curative services that are delivered alongside preventive services. This paper provides more insight into the broader effects of health insurance in developing countries, beyond financial protection and utilisation of hospital-based services.

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Reforms from the Ground Up: A Review of Community-Based Forest Management in Tropical Developing Countries

Environmental Management ◽

10.1007/s00267-010-9489-z ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 45 (6) ◽

pp. 1312-1331 ◽

Cited By ~ 39

Author(s):

Lise Tole

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Forest Management ◽

Community Based

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Universities and Community-Based Research in Developing Countries: Community Voice and Educational Provision in Rural Tanzania

Journal of Adult and Continuing Education ◽

10.7227/jace.19.1.3 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 17-38

Author(s):

Amina Kamando ◽

Lesley Doyle

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Community Based ◽

Community Based Research ◽

Community Voice ◽

Educational Provision ◽

Rural Tanzania

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Targeting Performance of Community-based Development Interventions: An Econometric Analysis of a WomenFocused and Women-Managed Non-Governmental Organisation in Rural Pakistan

The Pakistan Development Review ◽

10.30541/v54i4i-iipp.825-840 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 54 (4I-II) ◽

pp. 825-840

Author(s):

Hidayat Ullah Khan ◽

Takashi Kurosaki

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Informal Sector ◽

Local Knowledge ◽

Poverty Reduction ◽

Econometric Analysis ◽

Target Groups ◽

Community Based ◽

Development Interventions ◽

Rural Pakistan ◽

Potential Use

The approach of community-based development (CBD) is expected to improve targeting and reduce programme costs of poverty reduction policies, besides other positive contributions [Mansuri and Rao (2004)]. 1 Furthermore, the use of local knowledge is expected to bear greater relevance in a situation where credible monetary data for potential use in targeting activities are not available. According to Alatas, et al. (2012), in developing countries—where the majority of potential target group is employed in the informal sector—the availability of verifiable income records is always an issue. Therefore, it is difficult to identify target groups by employing conventional targeting techniques such as means tests. For these reasons, identification through the CBD approach is expected to improve targeting.

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Community Broadband Networks and the Opportunity for E-Government Services

Advances in Public Policy and Administration - Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Government and Society ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-7661-7.ch015 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 173-185

Author(s):

Idongesit Williams

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Broadband Networks ◽

Community Based ◽

Government Services ◽

Slow Diffusion

Community broadband networks (CBN) facilitate broadband connectivity in underserved areas in many countries. The lack of broadband connectivity is one of the reasons for the slow diffusion of e-government services in many countries. This chapter explains how CBNs can be enabled by governments to facilitate the delivery of e-government services in underserved areas in the developed and developing countries. The community-based broadband mobilization (CBNM) models are used as explanatory tools.

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What We Can Learn from Developing Countries: The Community Based Rehabilitation Model

Rural Special Education Quarterly ◽

10.1177/875687059601500302 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 3-9

Author(s):

Alana M. Zambone ◽

Stephanie Cox Suarez

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Community Based ◽

Community Based Rehabilitation ◽

Rehabilitation Model ◽

Rehabilitation Needs ◽

The U.S

This article challenges the notion that we have much to learn from developing countries as well as much to offer to them. The article describes the philosophy, model and services of Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) as one example of what developing countries have to offer us. We discuss parallels between the CBR model and strategies used in the U.S. to meet education and rehabilitation needs and illuminate CBR practices from which we can learn.

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Community-based supplementary feeding programmes for supporting the growth of young children in developing countries

10.1002/14651858.cd005039 ◽

2004 ◽

Author(s):

Y Sguassero ◽

M de Onis ◽

G Carroli

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Young Children ◽

Supplementary Feeding ◽

Community Based

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Community-Based Information Technology Interventions for Persons with Mental Illness

Empowering Marginal Communities with Information Networking ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-699-0.ch008 ◽

2006 ◽

pp. 191-226

Author(s):

Rosanna Tarsiero

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Developing Countries ◽

Medical Information ◽

Illness Experience ◽

Community Based ◽

Distance Training ◽

Profound Impact ◽

Self Help ◽

Information Providers

The chapter provides the reader with an overview of the problems persons with mental illness experience in their everyday life, and guides readers through how ICT access and usage can be approached in order to empower such a marginalized population in both developed and developing countries. It argues that, since isolation is their main problem, networking those people with reliable sources of medical information, providers of distance training and learning, and online self-help communities can have a profound impact on lifting their marginalization. The author hopes that the role ICT can play for these people will no longer be overlooked or neglected, and that policymakers will be inspired to use ICT worldwide to defeat mental illness by implementing solutions tailored on these people’s needs.

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