Open AccessEvaluation of Rural Primary Health Care Services in Iran: Report on Vital Statistics in West Azarbaijan
Author(s) -
Mohammad Barzegar,
Abolghassem Djazayery
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.71.7.739
Subject(s) - public health , medicine , infant mortality , health statistics , indigenous , environmental health , primary health care , health care , test (biology) , health services , rural health , primary care , family medicine , rural area , demography , nursing , population , political science , ecology , paleontology , pathology , sociology , law , biology
Iranian indigenous front-line health workers (FLHW) were locally trained to deliver environmental and primary health care services to mothers and children. After two years, there was a significant decline in crude birth and death rates and in infant and 1-5 year mortality rates in the test area as compared to a control area. One out of four encounters was referred to a health center physician, the remainder being handled by the FLHWs themselves. (Am J Public Health 1981;71:739-742.)