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Wekullo, Caroline Sabina; Davis, Elise Catherine; Nafukho, Fredrick Muyia; Kash, Bita A. – European Journal of Training and Development, 2018
Purpose: This paper aims to critically analyze the empirical literature on health and human development in high-, middle- and low-income countries to develop a sustainable model for investing in human health. The model is critical in building a comprehensive health-care system that fosters the stakeholders' financial stability, economic growth and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literature Reviews, Health Services, Public Health
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Conn, Katharine M. – Review of Educational Research, 2017
In this article, I identify educational interventions with an impact on student learning in Sub-Saharan Africa. After a systematic literature search, I conducted a meta-analysis synthesizing 56 articles containing 66 separate experiments and quasi-experiments and 83 treatment arms. I evaluated 12 types of education interventions such as the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Teaching Methods, Meta Analysis
Allred, H.; Hobdell, M. H. – 1986
This report addresses issues relating to the planning and development of educational programs for oral health personnel in World Health Organization (WHO) communities. Opinions and ideas were obtained from professionals in Sweden, Denmark, Canada, Botswana, Australia, Yemen, United Republic of Tanzania, Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Czechoslovakia.…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Community Health Services, Dental Schools, Dentistry
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Levers, L. L. – International Journal of Disability, Development & Education, 2006
In this article, I review five articles selected for this Special Issue of the "International Journal of Disability, Development and Education" on indigenous healing. I have considered the various traditions of indigenous healing, and I situate my analysis within the context of disability, development, and education. Such an analysis…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Disabilities, Indigenous Knowledge, Social Influences
Fraser, Renee White; Shani, Hadasa – 1979
Intended as a companion picce to volume 4 in the Method Series, Sociocultural Factors in Health Planning (CE 024 232), this fourth of six volumes in the International Health Planning Reference Series is a combined literature review and annotated bibliography dealing with social, cultural, and behavioral aspects of delivering, planning, and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Behavior, Beliefs, Cultural Influences
Werner, Emmy Elisabeth – 1979
This book represents a synthesis of current knowledge about the physical, cognitive and social development of young children who live in the developing countries of Africa, Asia, Latin-America, and Oceania. The book develops five major themes: (1) It views child development in a comparative fashion, examining universal sequences in development as…
Descriptors: Books, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes