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Direct linkMoeti, Matshidiso R.; Munodawafa, Davison – Health Education & Behavior, 2016
Africa and most of the global south continue to experience a striking burden of communicable diseases, neglected tropical diseases, and high rates of maternal and child mortality, as well as disastrous internecine conflicts and floods. While Africa has been making steady progress in addressing communicable diseases, it now faces new threats from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Diseases, Risk, Disease Control
Atiim, George A.; Elliott, Susan J. – Health Education & Behavior, 2016
Globally, there has been a shift in the causes of illness and death from infectious diseases to noncommunicable diseases. This changing pattern has been attributed to the effects of an (ongoing) epidemiologic transition. Although researchers have applied epidemiologic transition theory to questions of global health, there have been relatively few…
Descriptors: Diseases, Health, Risk, Epidemiology
Kreniske, Philip; Grilo, Stephanie; Nakyanjo, Neema; Nalugoda, Fred; Wolfe, Jason; Santelli, John S. – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
School enrollment, mobility, and occupation are each important factors to consider when examining HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection risk among youth in sub-Saharan Africa. Through an analysis of narrative life histories from 30 HIV-positive and 30 HIV-negative youth (aged 15-24 years), matched on gender, age, and village and purposively…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Personal Narratives, Risk, Attendance
Download full textWodon, Quentin – Journal of Catholic Education, 2020
In developing countries as in developed countries, the COVID-19 crisis has led to near universal school closures that will affect children's ability to learn, especially in countries with limited infrastructure for distance learning. While most children are likely to return to school when they reopen, quite a few may drop out. In addition, the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Catholic Schools
Jenkins, Carolyn; Arulogun, Oyedunni Sola; Singh, Arti; Mande, Aliyu T.; Ajayi, Eric; Benedict, Calys Tagoe; Ovbiagele, Bruce; Lackland, Daniel T.; Sarfo, Fred Stephen; Akinyemi, Rufus; Akpalu, Albert; Obiako, Reginald; Melikam, Enzinne Sylvia; Laryea, Ruth; Shidali, Vincent; Sagoe, Kwamena; Ibinaiye, Philip; Fakunle, Adekunie Gregory; Owolabi, Lukman F.; Owolabi, Mayowa O. – Health Education & Behavior, 2016
Stroke is the leading cause of neurological hospital admissions in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and the second leading cause of death globally. The Stroke Investigative Research and Education Network [SIREN] seeks to comprehensively characterize the genomic, sociocultural, economic, and behavioral risk factors for stroke and to build effective teams…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Neurological Impairments, Medical Research, Health Education
Chodzko-Zajko, Wojtek; Schwingel, Andiara – Quest, 2009
In this paper we focus our attention on an examination of the four-step process adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO) in its systematic campaign to promote physically active lifestyles by older adults across the 193 WHO member states. The four steps adopted by the WHO include (1) Building Consensus Among Professionals; (2) Educating the…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Health Promotion, Health Personnel, Public Health
Manirankunda, Lazare; Loos, Jasna; Alou, Therese Assebide; Colebunders, Robert; Nostlinger, Christiana – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2009
This study explored perceptions, needs, and barriers of sub-Saharan African migrants in relation to HIV voluntary counseling and testing (VCT). Using an inductive qualitative methodological approach, data were obtained from focus group discussions. Results showed that participants were in principle in favor of VCT. However, they indicated that…
Descriptors: Test Results, Health Promotion, Focus Groups, Testing
Baker, David P.; Collins, John M.; Leon, Juan – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2008
Numerous epidemiological studies from the early years of the tragic HIV and AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa identified formal education as a risk factor increasing the chance of infection. Instead of playing its usual role as a preventative factor, as has been noted in many other public health cases, until the mid-1990s educated African men…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Cohort Analysis, Public Health, Role of Education
Reddy, Shakila – Perspectives in Education, 2005
This article examines how young adults perceive the messages about HIV-AIDS, sex and risk that they receive from adults, and how this impacts on their sexual practices. It does this by firstly using a feminist methodological approach focusing exclusively on the voices of the learners, and secondly by drawing on Foucault's analysis of power…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Sexuality, Risk
Peer reviewedHartell, Cycil George – Adolescence San Diego, 2005
South Africa has a fast-growing HIV/AIDS rate, with the highest prevalence among young people (15 to 24 years), especially females. This paper is a comprehensive analytical review of available research concerning the sexual behavior of adolescents in South Africa. It offers insight into HIV infection among adolescents and provides an important…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Behavior Modification, Adolescents, Sexuality
