LEADER 04708nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910783883603321 005 20230421043328.0 010 $a1-280-15042-4 010 $a9786610150427 010 $a0-203-98863-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000250908 035 $a(EBL)235237 035 $a(OCoLC)437148966 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000179244 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11182195 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000179244 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10229859 035 $a(PQKB)10614966 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC235237 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL235237 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10094145 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL15042 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000250908 100 $a19970416d1998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInformation, management and participation$b[electronic resource] $ea new approach from public health in Brazil /$fFrancesco Notarbartolo di Villarosa 210 $aLondon ;$aPortland, Or. $cFrank Cass$d1998 215 $a1 online resource (166 p.) 300 $aBased on the author's thesis (DPhil--Institute of Development, University of Sussex). 311 $a1-138-41919-2 311 $a0-7146-4353-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 133-138) and index. 327 $aINFORMATION, MANAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION A new approach from public health in Brazil; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Maps; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; 1 People-oriented Activities: From Blueprint and Process to Specificity and Flexibility; 1.1 Management and Administration in LDCs; 1.2 Blueprint and Process; 1.3 Integrating Blueprint and Process; 1.4 Specificity and People-oriented Activities; 1.5 Conclusions: Integrating Specificity and Flexibility 327 $a2 Knowledge-Building, Decision-Making and Information-Handling: An Introduction to the Case-study of Pau da Lima2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Knowledge-Building and Decision-Making in Complex Organisations; 2.3 Information-Handling for Knowledge-Building and Decision-Making; 2.4 Information-Handling in Pau da Lima; 3 The Pilot Project of Pau da Lima: Its Context and Characteristics; 3.1 Introduction: the Reform of the National Health System in Brazil; 3.2 The Health District Strategy: Two Different Approaches; 3.3 A Pilot Health District Project in Salvador, Bahia 327 $a3.4 The Evolution of the Context of the Pau da Lima Project4 Knowledge-Building in Pau da Lima: Data Collection; 4.1 Introduction to Knowledge-Building; 4.2 Information-Handling at the Beginning of the Project; 4.3 Primary Data Collection; 4.4 Secondary Data Collection; 4.5 Discussion: Flexibility and Specificity in Needs Expression; 4.6 Conclusions; 5 Knowledge-Building in Pau da Lima: Data Processing; 5.1 Introduction to Data Processing; 5.2 Primary Data Processing; 5.3 Secondary Data Processing; 5.4 Data Computerisation; 5.5 Discussion: Flexibility and Specificity in Data Processing 327 $a5.6 Conclusions6 Data Use for Decision-Making; 6.1 Introduction to Data Use; 6.2 Decision-Making before Use of the Information System; 6.3 Data Use and Decision-Making; 6.4 Discussion: Flexibility and Specificity in Decision-Making; 6.5 Conclusions; Conclusion; Technical Appendix A Data Collection; Technical Appendix B Data Processing; Technical Appendix C Data Use; References; Index 330 $aIn order to alleviate poverty, people-oriented projects (those dealing with activities such as institutional development, health, family planning, education, and rural development) must be well-targeted towards the most vulnerable groups. However, official 'top-down' information is incapable of identifying, prioritising and 'marking out' these groups at a local level, and the result is too often an unfair, inefficient and ineffective allocation and use of the resources of social programmes. The author argues that a 'process approach' is often necessary to geneate relevant knowledge about local 606 $aPublic health$xResearch$zBrazil$zEl Salvador$xMethodology 606 $aPublic health$zBrazil$zEl Salvador$xData processing 606 $aPublic health$zBrazil$zEl Salvador$xDecision making 615 0$aPublic health$xResearch$xMethodology. 615 0$aPublic health$xData processing. 615 0$aPublic health$xDecision making. 676 $a362.1/0981 700 $aNotarbartolo di Villarosa$b Francesco$f1960-$01543623 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783883603321 996 $aInformation, management and participation$93797192 997 $aUNINA