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Nine hundred households from thirty separate communities were surveyed in one urban district, Ketena 5 in the city of Addis Ababa and one rural district, Chebo-Gurage, to assess community involvement in decision making, planning and implementation of seven specific community health activities. The health activities selected were recruitment and support of HCAs and TBAs, construction of a health post, construction of latrine and refuse pits, immunization program activity and provision of safe water supply. The study communities were also assessed with respect to the availability of community health services by looking at the activity of CHAs and TBAs and the existence of a health post and activity of the local health committee, while the rate of immunization coverage in the under two year old and pregnant women was also determined. In all three areas of community involvement, ie decision making, implementation and planning, rural communities scored higher than urban communities with the exception of environmental activities where urban communities were slightly more involved than rural communities in implementation; but not in the decision making and planning aspects. ... |
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