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Mukherjee Das, Ankan; Shrivastav, Kumar Dron; Taneja, Neha; Awasthi, Aanchal Anant; Rashid, Shazia; Gogia, Ajay; Janardhanan, Rajiv – Health Education, 2022
Purpose: Breast cancer (BC) presents a major public health challenge world-over including India. While several risk-factors, early signs and symptoms of BC are known, the knowledge and awareness of this disease remains poor among the population. The present study aimed to determine the extent of knowledge and awareness of BC, its risk factors,…
Descriptors: Cancer, Public Health, Risk, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Sharma, Kartik; Gaiha, Shivani Mathur; Pati, Sanghamitra; Sarabhai, Mallika – Health Education Journal, 2021
Background: Limited evidence exists on the effectiveness of using an entertainment-education methodology to address multiple public health issues and of using participatory street theatre to improve public understanding related to public health. Objective: To assess the feasibility, acceptability and impact of the Actor-Doctor project, an…
Descriptors: Public Health, Health Education, Physicians, Program Effectiveness
Padmakala, S. – Online Submission, 2019
The present study was conducted to explore the awareness of the Clean India Mission among higher secondary students of Kanya Kumari District. The objective was to find out the level of awareness and to find out the significant difference in the awareness of the Clean India Mission among higher secondary students of KanyaKumari District in relation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Teaching Methods, Gender Differences
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Peng, Ying; Yan, Weirong – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2017
Internet-based learning is increasingly applied in medical education, but its effect in the field of public health training is still unclear. This meta-analysis was undertaken to explore the impact of Internet-based learning on students'/professionals' knowledge of public health compared with no intervention and with traditional face-to-face (FTF)…
Descriptors: Internet, Web Based Instruction, Public Health, Health Education
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Wilkerson, J. Michael; Rhoton, Jayson Michael; Li, Dennis; Rawat, Shruta Amit; Patankar, Pallav; Rosser, B. R. Simon; Ekstrand, Maria – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
Background: India's National AIDS Control Programme calls for, among other things, targeted behavioral interventions that address determinants contributing to new infections among men who have sex with men (MSM) and hijras (transgender women). Aim: To determine if the information-motivation-behavioral skills model was transferable to an Indian…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Males, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Contraception
Capila, Anjali; Bhalla, Pragati – Online Submission, 2010
Youth constitute an important section of our society. They are the biggest reservoir of human resources and are the future of our country. Their development has direct affect on the development of the nation. Street Theatre is not a moment's act. It is a participatory approach which deals with fictional narratives and thus used for communicating…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Participatory Research, Theater Arts, Public Health
Samant, Yogindra; Mankeshwar, Ranjit; Sankhe, Lalit; Parker, David L. – International Electronic Journal of Health Education, 2006
Background: The total number of people with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) infection in India is estimated to be 10% of all global cases. People living with HIV in India often experience discrimination while receiving health care due to inadequate knowledge and fear among health care professionals. Data presented in this paper represents the…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Foreign Countries, Sexuality