Table 1 Priority problems ranked by frequency, mortality, interventions and impact from Participatory Workshop 1, Iquitos, Peru, April 1, 2005.
Priority | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 5 | Group 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Environmental contamination; lack of values | Tuberculosis | Infant malnutrition | Personal insecurity; environmental contamination | Infant malnutrition | Infant malnutrition; childhood anaemia |
2 | Personal insecurity | Malnutrition | Diarrhoea | Overcrowding | STDs | Lack of basic sanitation |
3 | STDs | Diarrhoea; anaemia | Anaemia (children, pregnancy); lack of basic sanitation | Low school performance | Lack of basic sanitation; ARI; diarrhoea; skin diseases | Low education level |
4 | Low level of education; parasites; lack of community participation | Parasites | Parasites; lack of money for education | Lack of cultural identity | Domestic violence; adolescent pregnancy; lack of political will | Adolescent pregnancy |
5 | Childhood malnutrition; Inadequate parenting | Adolescent pregnancy | Alcohol/drug related violence and abuse; Prostitution | Unemployment |