RESUMO
The Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of the West Indies, reports on a four-month experimental training programme for Community Health Aides drawn from a low to middle socio-economic community. The overall aim was to give the Aides a basic minimum training so that they could function as auxiliaries under supervision, relieving highly trained personnel to utilize their skills and training more effectively. The aides who were trained have worked during the past year in various positions, namely: in comprehensive health care programmes, in physiotherapy, as field workers in research projects, and in family planning. Evaluation of the programme indicates that these workers have performed satisfactorily and that a community health aide can be a very useful member of the health team in our developing communities (Summary)
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Humanos , Serviços de Saúde Comunitária/classificação , Educação em Saúde , Recursos Humanos em Hospital , Jamaica , Assistentes de Enfermagem/educaçãoRESUMO
The Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of the West Indies, reports on a four-month experimental training program for community health aides drawn from a low to middle socio-economic community. The overall aim was to give the aides a basic minimum training so that they could function as auxiliaries under supervision, relieving highly trained personnel to utilize their skills and training more effectively. The aides who were trained have worked during the past year in various positions, namely: in comprehensive health care programs, in physiotherapy, as field workers in research projects, and in family planning. Evaluation of the program indicates that these workers have performed satisfactorily and that a community health aide can be a very useful member of the health team in our developing communities. (Summary)
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Humanos , Agentes Comunitários de Saúde/educação , Ocupações em Saúde/educação , Índias Ocidentais , Resumo em Inglês , Jamaica , Saúde Pública/educaçãoRESUMO
Four associated cases of yaws occurred in a suburban community in Jamaica in 1963-64. Intensive case-finding and adequate treatment brought the outbreak to an end (Summary)
