December 1, 1998 Thesis Open Access

Muluken Melese

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{
  "DOI": "10.20372/nadre:4792", 
  "author": [
    {
      "family": "Muluken Melese"
    }
  ], 
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        1998, 
        12, 
        1
      ]
    ]
  }, 
  "abstract": "<p>A cross sectional study was cond ucted with the object ive of assessing health<br>\nprob lems, hea lth coping strategies and hea lth care demand of non-displaced<br>\ncommunities whi ch are in food crisis. The study cons isted of a household su rvey<br>\n(n=53 I househo lds), Focus Group Oiscuss ions( N=IO grou ps) and an individ ual indepth<br>\ninterv iew of government officia ls ( n = 9) th rough which quantitative and<br>\nqualitative data were coll ected.<br>\nThe study Woreda (d istri ct) of North Wollo Zone, Amahara Regional State,<br>\nEth iop ia. The di strict was highly affected by the fam ines of the 1970s and 1980s and<br>\nhas been fac ing repeated food sholtages ever since.<br>\nIn the three months reca ll period 748(29.4%) of the 2,547 household<br>\nmembers reported be ing ill, out of which only 122 (16.3%) sought western-style<br>\nmedical care. The ma in reason (72.7% of the responses) for not seeking med ical ca re<br>\nwas lack of money to cover the medical cost and/or for transportation and<br>\naccommodation. Most households had not recovered from the past famines&#39; economic<br>\nshock, due to the recurrent nature of food prod uction fai lure. The an nual per capita<br>\nincome in the surveyed population was found to be 3 10.4 (US $ 43.7). In fo rmat ion<br>\nwas obta ined from 148 hou sehold s on the hea lth- cost co ping mechanisms; these<br>\nwere 72(48.6%) of the househo lds from the sa le of animals and anima l products,<br>\n32(2 1.6%) from the sa le of grai ns and the rest from loans, sav in gs, sa le of househo ld<br>\nuten si ls and fi re-wood, and work ing in food-far-work or cash-for work programmes</p>", 
  "title": "HEALTH PROBLEMS AND HEALTH COPING STRATEGIES OF AREAS EXPERIENCING FOOD SHORTAGE: PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE OF THE COMMUNITY AND OF THE RESPONSIBLE BODIES", 
  "type": "thesis", 
  "id": "4792"
}