In the year 2002, a study performed concerning the personel power, material facilities, medical equipments, health care activity and health insurance at health stations in 4 communes in Thanh Oai district, Ha Tay province, showed that there was no difference in the health resources in 2 stations with and without health insurance activities. Each commune had got personel staff completed the demand of the Health Ministry. Material facilities, basis equipments, primary emergency equipment were met the usual demands, however, the assisted diagnostic measurements such as ultrasound, X-ray apparatus were lacking. At primary level, medicament were met the basic supply. The maximal supply of 3.000 – 5.000d for each prescription and the supply of 3 days in maxima was not attractive for frequented patients.
Insurance ; Delivery of Health Care ; Epidemiology

Survey was conducted 11 months before and after the intervention, concerning the communication-education of health. Household samples were selected from 6 villages of Tan Trao commune, Thanh Mien district, Hai Duong province. The model of communication – health communication in Cultural village was established after intervention. It improved the knowledge, the attitude and the practice of the people on enviromental sanitation/ 3 hygiene constructions. The knowledge was enhanced dramatically. The attitude on sanitation/3 hygiene construction was also improved, the rate of people who concern to the sanitation and 3 hygiene constructions increased from 17.1% to 59.5%; hygienic drinking water source increased from 55.1% to 73.7%; the rate of good sanitation household increased from 10.9% to 27.3%; good drainage of liquid waste from 7% to 25.3%. In average, each household had had 1.39% times to reconstruct or to repair the constructions of hygiene and the sanitation facilities during the intervention.
Sanitation ; education ; Hygiene