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Gender and health : technical paper

DOYAL, Lesley
1998

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This paper aims to indroduce health policy makers and planners to the concept of gender, and its role in health and health policy and in programme development. It shifts away from 'women in development' to explore 'gender and development', in other words approaching gender as a social rather than a biological idea. It aims to present an accessible review of the literature on gender and health

Making prevention work : global lessons learned from the AIDS control and prevention (AIDSCAP) project 1991-1997

AIDS CONTROL AND PREVENTION PROJECT (AIDSCAP)
1997

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Documents the experience of one of the world’s largest international HIV/AIDS prevention projects, which was implemented by FHI and its partners in 45 countries. It describes lessons learned during AIDSCAP, with examples and project profiles, in ten technical and programmatic areas: behaviour change communication, improving prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, prevention marketing, policy development, behavioral research, evaluation, gender and HIV/AIDS, management, AIDS care and support, and cross-border interventions

Management of self-help organisations of people with disabilities

UNITED NATIONS
1997

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This publication is based on the discussions, information and experiences shared by the participants of a series of workshops on the management of self-help organisations of people with disabilities organized by ESCAP. The publication outlines common management issues affecting self-help organisations in Asia and the Pacific. It presents a range of approaches that can serve as a useful reference for strengthening self-help organisations of people with disabilities

Voices of the poor : poverty and social capital in Tanzania

NARAYAN, Deepa
1997

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This study explores the usage of participatory methods for policy research by comparing and contrasting these findings with those from more conventional household consumption and expenditure surveys. It shows how using these measures leads to different conclusions about the causes and nature of poverty. The study goes on to discuss the concept of social capital at the local level, providing quantifiable evidence that village-level social capital (defined as membership in groups with particular characteristics) significantly affects household welfare

Gender differences in the epidemiology of affective disorders and schizophrenia

PICCINELLI, Marco
HOMEN GOMEZ, Francesca
1997

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"The aim of this work is to report the main epidemiologic findings on gender differences in affective disorders and schizophrenia. In addition, methodologic difficulties that might bias research findings and be artifactual determinants of gender differences are discussed. Finally, the main factors that can best explain the gender differences in affective disorders and schizophrenia will be outlines as suggested by different theoretical approaches"

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