The Nutrition and Health Transition of Democratic Costa Rica (International Nutrition Foundation for Developing Countries - INFDC, 1995, 228 pages)

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Contributors to this volume

Introduction

1. Health policies and strategies

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A brief description of Costa Rica

Public health development

The decade of the 1970s

The decade of the 1980s

Final reflections

References

2. Development of the social security institute

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Background

Social security in Costa Rica

The extension of direct insurance

Extension of insurance to the family

The financial crisis

The constitutional amendment

Toward universalization

Development of human resources

The integration

The new health care models

Final comments

3. Development and characteristics of health and nutrition services for urban and rural communities of Costa Rica

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Introduction

Background information on community outreach programs

Methodological characteristics of the Costa Rican health programs

Nutrition programs

Impact of the programs on the health of children living in rural areas

Conclusions

References

Bibliography

4. Evolution of an epidemiological profile

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Introduction

Stages of a process

The first four decades of the century

The period between 1940 and 1970

The decade of the 1970s

The decade of the 1980s

The last decade of the century

Final comments

References

5. Socioeconomic factors for the understanding of health policy during the 1970s

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Introduction

Recognition of social demands and the regulation of the conflict during the 1930s and 1940s

The social government in the new development strategy of Costa Rica during the 1950s and 1960s

The consolidated social government

Final reflections

Acknowledgement

References

6. Problems and challenges of the health sector during the 1980s

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Introduction

Some problems of the health sector in the 1980s

Balance of the 1980s and perspectives for the 1990s in the health sector

References

Appendix 1 - Glossary

Appendix 2 - Supplementary reading list

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English-language supplementary reading list

Spanish-language supplementary reading list

Supplementary reading list - INCAP publications

Appendix 3 - Health conditions in Costa Rica 1994

General information

Specific health problems