A PROPOSAL FOR THE CONDUCT OF HEALTH EDUCATION
PROGRAM FOR WOMEN IN RURAL NIGERIA, WITH A VIEWTOWARD IMPROVING BOTH MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
This proposal describes a program to provide health educa tional services for women in rural Nigeria. The purpose of the health education program will be to facilitate improvements in the level of maternal and child health in rural Nigeria. A request is made in this proposal for program funding at the level of US$60,000 for the first year of program operation.
The goals and objectives of the proposed health education program for women in rural Nigeria are both short term and long term in character. The short term objectives are as follows:
1. To educate the women of rural Nigeria with respect to the diseases to which they and their children are most sus ceptible.
2. To educate the women of rural Nigeria with respect to the environmental conditions and sanitary practices which are the most significant contributors to the incidence of the diseases to which they and their children are most susceptible.
3. To educate the women of rural Nigeria with respect to the actions which they can take to preclude the incidence of the diseases to which they and their children are most suscep tible.
4. To educate the women of rural Nigeria with respect to the actions which they can take to supplement available treatments for the diseases to which they and their children are most susceptible, when incidences of such diseases do occur.
There will be two long term goals of the proposed health education program for women in rural Nigeria. These goals are as follows:
1. To reduce the incidence of malaria and other tropical diseases among women and children in rural Nigeria.
2. The reduce the death rate attributable to malaria and other tropical diseases among women and children in rural Nigeria.
Community Health Nursing, Los Angeles, California, is the organization submitti...