Health
Strategy of Change in the People's Republic of China, the Rural Health Center
สำนักพิมพ์: Institute of Advanced Projects, East-West Center, 1965
ปีที่พิมพ์: 1965
อ้างอิง: In "Communication and Change in the Developing Countries"
หัวเรื่อง:
communication
health
politics
history
research
education
attitudes
customs
China
สาระสังเขป: Cites the development of rural health centers in Communist China as an example of utilizing mass communication to effect change, noting ingenious solutions to the problems of how to overcome and replace ingrown habits. Describes medical conditions with reference to sanitation, infant mortality, diseases and malnutrition. Refers to the confrontation between traditional and modern medical resources, noting period of hostility before 1910; the development of medical schools and a national health department; and forced unity after 1950. Mentions emphasis on public health disease prevention, and mass health education. Reports on reasons for establishment of rural health centers, noting how traditional medical resources were put to use.
