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The contribution of social work in promoting rural health: a case from the grassroots

D.C. Nanjunda

Center for Advanced Rural and Tribal Policy Innovation and Management-Kushalnager-34, Kodagu Dist, Karnataka, India, ajdmeditor{at}yahoo.co.in

Promotion of rural health has become a high priority of policy makers in many third world countries. Numerous NGOs are working to improve health quality in rural India. By describing a rural health promotion project in which a social worker played a key role, this article illustrates how social work practitioners can bring their many skills to bear in efforts to promote health. This commentary seeks to share the experience of an NGO in specific health promotion project in Rural Karnataka State (India). (Global Health Promotion, 2009; 16(3): pp. 59—62)

Key Words: health project • NGO • promotion • rural health • social work and community

Global Health Promotion, Vol. 16, No. 3, 59-62 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1757975909339775
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