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A practical plan to control hookworm disease using intensive, community-wide campaigns.
This updated edition explains how to apply a structured, wide-reaching approach to eradicate infection by combining medical treatment, sanitation, and education. It emphasizes real-world challenges and the need for local cooperation to make campaigns succeed.
The book outlines the Intensive Method, detailing its scope, organization, and steps—from selecting an area to coordinating nurses, laboratories, and outreach efforts. It also covers how to measure progress, run educational programs, and adapt techniques to varied settings while keeping patients treated and communities safer from soil pollution.
- How a centralized plan translates into local action, with clear roles for medical staff and nurses
- Education and publicity as essential tools to gain public cooperation
- Procedures for census-taking, laboratory work, and treatment schedules
- Considerations for cost, logistics, and sustaining campaigns over time
Ideal for readers of public health campaigns and tropical medicine, this edition helps practitioners implement proven methods in diverse environments.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book describes the methods used for controlling the spread of hookworm disease, which affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide. It presents a therapeutic and preventative plan that the Rockefeller Foundation used between 1914 and 1918 to combat the disease. The author shares the results of their demonstration project in British Guiana, where a team treated thousands of infected people. They developed a system, known as the "intensive method", for identifying, treating, and preventing hookworm disease. In addition to treatment measures, the book includes methods for educating people about the disease, promoting better sanitation, and raising awareness of the benefits of preventative medicine. The book's strategies for containing the spread of this crippling disease remain relevant to public health efforts today. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781331221333_0
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