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Sinkinson, Margaret; Burrows, Lisette – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2011
Health education in New Zealand schools has a chequered history, peppered with controversy since its inclusion as a school subject in the early nineteenth century. In this paper we examine the trials and challenges faced by health education teachers over time, pointing to the particular components of this subject that are regarded as controversial…
Descriptors: Health Education, Foreign Countries, Program Implementation, Performance Factors
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Uduku, Ola – International Journal of Educational Development, 2011
This article investigates how school building design can support primary school feeding programmes in low- and middle-income countries. Furthermore it argues for schools to become community "development hubs"; incorporating both local access to education and also to programmes for nutrition, ICT, health education and other services,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Development, Educational Facilities Design, Building Design
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Kendall, Nancy – International Journal of Educational Development, 2008
The article interrogates current international development constructs of childhood, rights, vulnerability, and schooling in light of the daily experiences of two Malawian children affected by HIV/AIDS. It aims to better understand how development efforts targeted at these children function in practice, and suggests that current development…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Children, Foreign Countries, Developing Nations
Academy for Educational Development, Washington, DC. – 2001
For 30 years, the Academy for Educational Development (AED) has worked to support African development. In Uganda, Tanzania, and Botswana AED promoted some of Africa's first AIDS prevention programs. AED is funding research in Ethiopia, Tanzania, and perhaps Zambia that will target stigma and its role in AIDS prevention. Working with governments…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Development Communication, Educational Development, Foreign Countries
Dongping, Yang, Ed.; Chungqing, Chai, Ed. – BRILL, 2010
The second volume of the English-language The China Educational Development Yearbook offers international scholars a glimpse into key issues in Chinese education today from the perspective of Chinese academics, practitioners, and applied researchers. An edited translation of the 2009 volume of the Chinese-language "Blue Book of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Majors (Students), Educational Development, Expenditures
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Gilliland, David; Gallagher, Peter; Growcott, John – Child Care in Practice, 2005
This paper highlights the main issues that are present in the field of child and adolescent mental health services with regard to strategic development. It identifies the major themes that have emerged concerning the commissioning and delivery of services, and also highlights the difficulties faced by particular groups of children. The authors…
Descriptors: Health Services, Mental Health Programs, Children, Adolescents
Masse-Raimbault, Anne-Marie, Ed. – Children in the Tropics, 1995
This purpose of this journal is to document advances in the fields of health, education, food, diet, and development. Each issue contains an overview of a high-priority subject touching the everyday life of children, mothers, and families. This double issue describes the Andes project, a food, diet, nutrition, and development program conducted in…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Agriculture, Anemia, Child Health