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Download full textGoke-Pariola, Abiodun – 1991
Some cultural realities and linguistic considerations are discussed that public health providers can use to make preventive health care delivery more effective and acceptable in several developing countries. The case of the Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria is used as an example. Two points are addressed: the question of the usefulness of…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cultural Context, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedOsuhor, P. C.; Osuhor, Ann – Convergence: An International Journal of Adult Education, 1978
Describes health problems in Nigeria and the kinds of health education programs and methods that are needed to promote proper health practices in view of the high illiteracy rate, various perception levels, and the strong and often harmful traditional cultural influences in the community. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Education, African Culture, Community Influence, Cultural Background
