We are thankful for Peer for Progress, A program
of the American Academy of Family Physician
Foundation which provided us fnancial support to
carry out this study; Professor Edwin B Fisher, the
global director of Peer for Progress who tirelessly
provided technical supports and opportunities to
learn from each other; our local research assistants
who actively did all they could to help us carry out
all activities in the feld; local administrators in both
provinces who facilitated us during the course of
the project; last but not least, all the participants in
our project both experiment and comparison groups,
without whom, this study would not be completed.