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Pocket Book to Enhance Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Prevention of Soil-Transmitted Helminth
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Sofiana, Liena; Ayu, Suci Musvita – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2017
Indonesia, being a tropical area with high humidity, is a source of proliferation of worms. Soil-Transmitted Helminths infection is widespread in all rural and urban areas. Children who are infected usually experience lethargy, pallor or anemia, weight loss and listlessness, as well as decreasing their learning concentration and productivity.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Health, Prevention, Soil Science
The Role of the School Psychologist in Developing a Health-Promoting School: Some Lessons fromn the South African Context.
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De Jong, Terry – School Psychology International, 2000
Discusses how schools are seen as powerful sources of health promotion in South Africa and how organization development is a potent strategy for managing change and enhancing the school's growth towards becoming a healthy learning environment. Addresses the implications for the role of school psychologists in contributing towards the development…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Foreign Countries, Health Promotion, Organizational Development
Learning from Each Other--Inspiration and Example from Nicaragua.
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Chamberlain, Audrey – Community Development Journal, 1993
Reviews community development projects in Nicaragua that use the multiplier effect in which people learn from each other. Projects include volunteer community health promoters, women's family gardens cooperatives, soil and water conservation programs, a women's collective, and a wheelchair repair workshop. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Organizations, Cooperatives, Foreign Countries
HIV/AIDS/STD. Education for Prevention.
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Mayes, Jane Ruthven, Ed. – 1996
The contents of this booklet come from contributions to the 1995 Global Conference on School Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention. The objectives of the booklet are: (1) to strengthen the awareness of teachers and education personnel regarding the importance of developing school health and HIV/AIDS prevention curricula; (2) to show the specific roles of…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Child Health, Community Attitudes