EDITORIAL

Abstract

Those of us who teach in one or more of the Ethiopian training programs in community health are keenly aware of the wealth of information derived from student fieldwork. Only a small proportion of this work is published and therefore accessible to community health professionals. This is unfortunate, given the quality and relevance of much of the research conducted by students while in training. In this special issue of the Ethiopian Journal of Health Development 9 original research papers have been selected which are the result of work completed within these training programs. In certain instances manuscripts were submitted upon learning of this special issue, however this is the minority. Several had been "filed for future reference"; we all know what that implies.