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Ginossar, Tamar; Nelson, Sara – Communication Education, 2010
The innovative educational communication interventions described in this paper include the use of bi-lingual, low literacy level websites and training created by low income Latina women to increase access to health care, health information, and the internet. We focus on one grassroots intervention, aimed at increasing access to health care for…
Descriptors: Health Services, Intervention, Low Income Groups, Access to Health Care
Drummon, Therese; Lotham, Michael C., Ed. – 1975
This monograph provides an interpretation of the work and ideas of Paulo Freire and describes an attempt to use his methods in a preliminary trial of a small scale nutrition program in four villages in Maranhao State, Northeast Brazil. The introductory chapter indicates the seriousness of the nutritional problems of the rural poor as well as the…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Involvement, Developing Nations, Educational Methods
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Podoll, Sue; Randle, Darcy – T.H.E. Journal, 2005
The Rapid City Academy is the alternative high school program for South Dakota's Rapid City Area Schools, which has an enrollment of about 13,000 K-12 students, with five middle schools feeding two large traditional high schools and the alternative program. A high percentage of students at the academy are considered "at-risk" due to…
Descriptors: High School Students, Nontraditional Education, High Risk Students, Low Income Groups
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Brouse, Corey H.; Basch, Charles E. – Health Education Journal, 2004
A key challenge facing cancer educators is the extent to which effective programmes can be widely disseminated and implemented. Differences between target populations with respect to social, psychological, and educational characteristics, as well as the social and economic context make it difficult to replicate "cookbook" approaches. Tailoring of…
Descriptors: Health Education, Cancer, Telecommunications, Educational Methods
Rainwater, Mary; De Caprio, Chris – 1994
The first paper describes The Los Angeles Free Clinic and its services, which are specifically designed to respond to the needs of low-income and homeless youth within the community. The paper describes a free-of-charge, free-of-judgment comprehensive response system that exists because of collaboration with other health facilities such as…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, At Risk Persons, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Methods