This guide is a tool designed to help workers and youth work together as a team. The guide will help them to determine what each young person can or could do well (their capabilities and capacities) and, also, what is needed, that is, if there is anything missing, absent or required in a young persons life. The guide is divided into five sections…

These guidelines offer recommended topic areas and content for training local-level food service personnel. The recommended topic areas for training school food service directors/supervisors and food service managers are nutrition requirements, menu planning for school meals, procurement, financial management, marketing, food production, program…

This guide is a basic resource to help primary care providers offer quality care to lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth and their families. It is intended to be a minicourse, with three sections that combine background information, state-of-the-art research, practical guidelines, and reference information. After a foreword by Joan Holloway, part 1,…

Research indicates children in group care have increased risk of infectious illnesses compared to those cared for at home. The health practices of child care center staff, children, and parents will influence the incidence of illness. The issues discussed in the book relate to some of the indicators of selected health accreditation principles in…

This manual targets new and second-year Peace Corps volunteers, presenting health lessons and activities for primary school students in Thailand. Each section of the manual outlines basic technical information about the topic, contains several detailed lesson plans, and lists quick activities that can be carried out at schools. Songs and recipes…