tween "causes" and illnesses and the ways they affect each other, as well as the linkages among "causes" and among illnesses. All these ties suggest the plausibility of viewing today's health problem as a response to modern environments, and one therefore amenable to improve ment through public policy measures (Milio, 1981, p. 9). This proposal describes a program designed to facilitate improvement in maternal and child health in rural Nigeria through the delivery of appropriate health education to women in rural Nigeria. It is hypothesized that, if women in rural Nigeria are effectively educated with respect to maternal and child health requirements, that family and self care actions will be able to compensate for some of the deficits in offi cial public health program in rural Nigeria.
Several health problems impact significantly maternal and child health in rural Nigeria. Of these problems, malaria is the most significant. Malaria "is th
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