PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 15 Exploring the potential for primary environmental care: Rapid Appraisal in squatter communities in Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)

Document begins: PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988­2001 15 Exploring the potential for primary environmental care: Rapid Appraisal in squatter communities in Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) P. de Colombani, G. Borrini, M.C. Meira de Melo, M. Irshaid · Introduction their needs. In short, PEC is about the integration of three components: empowering This paper discusses the methods of collecting communities, protecting the environment, information in a field-study carried out in the meeting needs. In short, PEC is about the summer-fall 1990 in Salvador da Bahia integration of three components: empowering (Brazil). The study was developed in the communities, protecting the environment, health district of Pau da Lima (municipality of meeting needs. The ICHM team was Salvador) within a cooperation agreement particularly interested in identifying ways by among the Brazilian authorities, the which the local health district could support Coordination of Italian Health Cooperation in squatter communities engaged in PEC. Brazil and the `International Course for Primary Health Care Managers at District The first step of the field-study was a Level in Developing Countries' (ICHM)1 preliminary identification of present and future based in Rome (Italy). A group of potential actors in PEC in the Pau da Lima postgraduate ICHM students (a Brazilian district. ...