Odebiyi A I, Ondolo O
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
East Afr Med J. 1993 Jan;70(1):25-33.
The paper addressed itself to the issue of community participation in intervention programme and that if the beneficiaries are women, then the category of people to be involved in the programme should be women. In buttressing this, the nursing superintendent of an Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) programme in Saradidi, rural Kenya together with 184 mothers attending the clinic were interviewed. The majority (89%) were of the view that in Maternal and Child health (MCH) programmes, it is only ideal that women should be involved because this tend to blend with their traditional roles of child bearing and nurturing and moreover, in such matters, women would tend to relate better to other women rather than men; women would again tend to show greater willingness and commitment to help other women. This was even butressed by the fact that the majority of the mothers interviewed were prepared to participate in such programmes geared towards helping other women. The women explained that contrary to the belief that rural women are so preoccupied with survival that they hardly have time for relaxation, they do have the time to visit friends, especially in the evenings, participate in church activities and knit. A case was thus made for greater female involvement in intervention programmes where the target population is women. If maximum success is to be achieved, there is need for greater female involvement in intervention programmes geared towards improving the lot of women and children.
该论文探讨了社区参与干预项目的问题，即如果受益者是女性，那么参与该项目的人员类别就应该是女性。为了支持这一点，对肯尼亚农村萨拉迪迪一个扩大免疫规划（EPI）项目的护理主任以及184名到诊所就诊的母亲进行了访谈。大多数人（89%）认为，在母婴健康（MCH）项目中，女性参与是理想的选择，因为这与她们生育和养育孩子的传统角色相契合，而且在这类事情上，女性与其他女性的沟通往往比与男性更好；女性也往往更愿意并更有决心帮助其他女性。这一观点得到了进一步支持，因为接受访谈的大多数母亲都准备参与此类旨在帮助其他女性的项目。这些女性解释说，与认为农村女性忙于生存而几乎没有时间放松的看法相反，她们确实有时间去拜访朋友，尤其是在晚上，还会参加教会活动和编织。因此，在目标人群为女性的干预项目中，有必要让更多女性参与。如果要取得最大成功，就需要让更多女性参与旨在改善妇女和儿童状况的干预项目。
