The India Local Initiatives Program: a model for expanding reproductive and child health services.

The India Local Initiatives Program adapted a model used in Indonesia and Bangladesh to implement the government's reproductive and child health strategy. From 1999 to 2003, three Indian nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) provided services for 784,000 people in four northern states. The program established health committees in 620 villages, recruited and trained 1,850 community health volunteers, and added 232 sites to extend government services. Using three strategies--demand creation, increased access to services, and local capacity building--the NGOs increased contraceptive-use rates by 78 percent, on average; child immunizations by 67 percent; and antenatal care by 78 percent among the populations served. Community resources--such as local health personnel, community-supplied clinic sites, and community drug funds--added 40 cents to every dollar provided by donors. This model proved to be a suitable platform upon which to build health-care service delivery and create behavioral change, and the NGOs quickly found ways to sustain and expand services.

Lois et politiques ayant une incidence sur la santé des adolescents / par John M. Paxman et Ruth Jane Zuckerman / Laws and policies affecting adolescent health

Ouvrage de référence où l'on trouvera une série de lois et de politiques adoptées par différents pays pour protéger la santé des adolescents. Les textes législatifs faisant obstacle à la mise au point de programmes de santé des adolescents y sont également résumés. L'objectif de ce livre est de doter les administrateurs et responsables de l'élaboration des politiques d'un ouvrage de référence complet les informant de l'arsenal de mesures législatives et politiques existantes dans le domaine de la santé des adolescents et de leur fonctionnement. Chaque chapitre contient des références, des notes et une liste par pays des textes législatifs importants dans ce domaine

Laws and policies affecting adolescent health / by John M. Paxman and Ruth Jane Zuckerman / Lois et politiques ayant une incidence sur la santé des adolescents

A sourcebook of diversified laws and policies used by different countries to protect the health of adolescents. Legislation posing constraints to the development of adolescent health care programmes is also summarized. The aim is to give policy makers and administrators a complete reference to the existence and workability of an array of alternative legal and policy approaches governing health. Following two introductory chapters, which include a broad discussion of the legal capacity of minors, the book surveys world legislation on 13 specific problems perceived to be of major concern to adolescent health. These range from sexual nd reproductive problems to occupational concerns, from mental illness to drug and alcohol abuse, from handicaps to accidents and the policies designed to prevent them. The book also examines the ways in which law and policy have been utilized to ensure greater access by adolescents to health care. Each chapter concludes with references, notes, and a country-by-country list of key legislation