Population, health, nutrition and development : theory and planning

THE ONLY REASONABLE APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN POPULATION, HEALTH, NUTRITION, AND DEVELOPMENT IS A GENERAL MODEL OF THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT. TO CONSTRUCT SUCH A MODEL, SEVERAL SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATIONS ARE NEEDED, BEGINNING WITH INTUITIVELY ACCEPTED CONCEPTS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS, AND PROCEEDINGS TOWARDS THE PRECISE DEFINITION AND MEASUREMENT OF THE CONCEPTS AND RELATIONSHIPS INVOLVED. DEVELOPMENT IS DEFINED AS AN INCREMENT IN THE PERSONAL WELL BEING OF ALL THE MEMBERS OF A COMMUNITY. IT IS EQUIVALENT TO WHAT ECONOMISTS CALL "WELFARE" OR "QUALITY OF LIFE" OR "STANDARD OF LIVING." A STATIC MODEL OF INDIVIDUAL WELL BEING IS PRESENTED IN CHAPTER 1. IN CHAPTER 2 A METHOD FOR ESTIMATING SOCIAL WELFARE FUNCTIONS IS PRESENTED. CHAPTER 3 PRESENTS A STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF POPULATION SIZE AND GROWTH, HEALTH, AND NUTRITIONAL CONDITIONS ON PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CAPACITIES. CHAPTER 4 CONSIDERS INTERACTIONS AMONG DETERMINANTS OF WELL BEING -- POPULATION, HEALTH, NUTRITION, AND EDUCATION. CHAPTER 5 SUBSTITUTES EMPLOYMENT FOR EDUCATION, AND CHAPTER 6 CONSIDERS ALL FIVE DETERMINANTS TOGETHER. CHAPTER 7 CONSIDERS INTERACTIONS OF POPULATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH. CHAPTER 8 CONSIDERS INTERACTIONS AMONG POPULATION, HEALTH, NUTRITION, EDUCATION, PRODUCTION, AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS. CHAPTER 9 PRESENTS SIMULATION MODELS FOR POPULATION PLANNING; CHAPTER 10 DISCUSSES OPTIMUM USE OF CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS. REMAINING CHAPTERS DISCUSS SIMULATION MODELS FOR HEALTH PLANNING, OPTIMIZATION MODELS, INTEGRATION OF POPULATION AND HEALTH PLANNING, NUTRITIONAL PLANNING, AND INTEGRATED PLANNING WITH A SIMULATION MODEL.