2012-05-24T14:56:43Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/guatemala.html http://www.rand.org/labor/FLS/EGSF.html Sep 15, 2010 Sep 15, 2010

The Guatemalan Survey of Family Health was designed to examine the way in which rural Guatemalan families and individuals cope with childhood illness and pregnancy, and the role of ethnicity, poverty, social support, and health beliefs in this process.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG891.html May 31, 2010 May 31, 2010

Faith-based organizations such as churches and religious relief and development groups can play an important role in the response to HIV and AIDS in Central America, despite the fact that many do not support certain prevention measures such as condoms.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9512z1.html May 26, 2010 May 26, 2010

<p>Describes the role that faith-based organizations play in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras and how this role might be expanded.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG891z1.html May 24, 2010 May 24, 2010

<p>Describes the involvement of churches and other faith-based organizations (FBOs) in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. The authors describe the range of FBO activities and discuss the advantages and challenges to such involvement and possible ways that FBOs can enhance their efforts, both independently and in collaboration with other organizations, such as government ministries of health.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9512.html May 20, 2010 May 20, 2010

<p>Describes the role that faith-based organizations play in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras and how this role might be expanded.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20010002.html Dec 31, 2000 Dec 31, 2000

<p>In this paper, The authors explore the diffusion of beliefs pertaining to the causes of childhood diarrhea in rural Guatemala.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19990402.html Dec 31, 1998 Dec 31, 1998

<p>Beliefs about child illness were investigated using semi-structured interviews with mothers and providers in four rural Guatemalan communities.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19980604.html Dec 31, 1997 Dec 31, 1997

<p>Health interview surveys have become an increasingly common source of information about current morbidity patterns and utilization of health services in developing countries. This study describes an effort to enhance the utility of these surveys by incorporating a calendar format. Findings indicate that additional implementation and evaluation of calendar formats is warranted to provide useful and accurate data possible at relatively low cost.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP2005004.html Dec 31, 1996 Dec 31, 1996

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19960502.html Dec 31, 1995 Dec 31, 1995

<p>Family and community membership are very important determinants of the use of health care, even in the presence of controls for a large number of observed characteristics of individuals, families, and communities.</p>