Foreign Health Aid Research Articles

Community Participation in Health: The Politics of Primary Care in Costa Rica

1. The political symbolism of health 2. Banana medicine: the United Fruit Company 3. The international imperative: foreign aid for health in Costa Rica 4. The primary health care movement and the political ideology of participation in health 5. Participation in Costa Rica: dissent within the state 6. La Chira: participation in a banana-growing community 7. The political economy of participation.