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Community Involvement in Community Health Service.
(Addis Abeba Universty, 1988-02) Mathewos Wakbulcho
Nine hundred households from thirty separate communities were surveyed in one urban district, Ketena 5 in t he city of Addis Ababa, and one rural restrict, Chebo-Gurege , to assess community involvement i n decision-making , planning and implementation of seven specific community health activities. The health activities selected were recruitment and support of CHAs and TEAs, construction of a health post, cons traction of latrine and refuse pits, immunization program activity and provision of safe water supply. The study communities were also assessed with respect to the ava i l ability of community health services by looking at the activate of CHAs and TEAs and the existence of a health post and activity of t he local health committee, while the r ate of immunization covera2:e in the under two year old's and pregnant women was also determined. In all three areas of community invol vement i.e decision making, implementation and planning , rural communities scored higher than urban communities, with the exception of environmental activities where urban communities were slightly more involved than rural communities implementation but not in the decision-making and planning aspects.