RURAL BANGLADESH - PreventionWeb

Socio-Economic Profiles of WFP Operational Areas and Beneficiaries
- How has quality of schools changed over the past three years?
3. Markets
- Describe the most commonly used market.
- Accessibility: time/distance/transport available, costs, if accessible all seasons
- Type / frequency: (Village, regional)
- Why do you go to market? (primary and secondary uses)
- Do you get fair prices? How do you know the fair prices (for sale / purchase)?
- Have prices changed over the past three years? How? Why?
C. HEALTH FACILITIES:
1. Health Services and Quality:
- Accessibility: (time/distance/cost)
- What kinds of health facilities do you use?
- Why do you use these different health facilities?
- Describe the quality of service of the health facilities.
- Do you consult traditional health providers?
- For what types of health issues or diseases?
- Why do you use traditional health providers instead of government health facilities?
- What types of traditional health providers are commonly used?
- Are there any health taboos, things the doctor recommends that you won't want to do?
- Any knowledge of HIV/AIDS? Is HIV/AIDS found in the community?
How has HIV/AIDS affected the community?
2. Maternal/Child Care (Only ask women’s group)
- Seek antenatal care, go for birth/delivery?
- Do you consult with TBA – Traditional Birth Attendant? Trained or Untrained TBA?
Please describe the quality of service.
- How many TBAs are in the village?
- Special diet for pregnant/lactating women?
- What foods do you give to newborns?
- Give the first breastmilk? breastfeed exclusively?
- Weaning foods (types, age of child)? When does weaning begin?
- What foods do you feed to small children?
- Common childhood diseases? Causes of child death?
- Any method of birth spacing? Availability of modern contraceptives – accessible to all
who want?
D. AREA FEATURES
1. Type of terrain - observation
2. Forest cover (probe deeply in CHT)
- Types (species)
- Uses by community
- What are the problems they are facing in forest uses?
- How has the forest changed over the last 5-10 years?
Protected watersheds – If none, what potential exists? (probe in CHT)
- Existing watershed schemes
- Size/area covered
- People's involvement in management
3. Water (drinking/irrigation/non-drinking)
-Sources – seasonal availability, distance, reliability
-Time to collect
-Quality of water
-Control of access to water (community/government/private – cost?)
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