Community Organization's Intervention to promote community health for women in slum areas

Abstract

The study sought to verify the impact of a community organization's intervention to promote community health for women in slum areas. The study is based on the experimental method, using the experimental design of pre-test and post-test evaluations for two groups, the location for the implementation of the intervention program was applied in El-Amrawi health center in the Al-Montazah area, a Family Medicine Center under the Ministry of Health serving a large sector of women living in slum areas located in the Al-Montazah area. The study sample was selected according to the following conditions; firstly, women who frequent the El-Amrawi Health Center, one of the family medical centers that serves a segment of slum dwellers. Secondly, those Women have been frequenting the center for at least 6 months. Thirdly, they are mothers or are still in their pregnancy phase. Fourthly, they are willing to cooperate in the implementation of the program. Applying these conditions to those frequenting the center showed that the sampling framework was 410 women; a systematic random sample was 88 women, since they were divided into two groups, the experimental and the control, identical in properties with the number of the experimental and control groups being 44 each. The results of the study showed the positive impact of the community organization's intervention program to promote community health for women in slums areas through enriching their awareness of, and interest in, the environment, food, personal and reproductive health.