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Bibon, Michael B. – Journal of Education, 2022
The study aimed to develop culture-based lessons in Biology 9, integrating indigenous medicinal plants and practices in Cagraray Island. These developed lessons were designed incorporating features of research results, problem-based approach, active learning, and culture- or context-based teaching. The accounts from eight folk healers revealed the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Biology, Indigenous Knowledge, Plants (Botany)
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Ramiro, Laurie S.; Madrid, Bernadette J.; Brown, David W. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2010
Objective: This study aimed to examine the association among adverse childhood experiences, health-risk behaviors, and chronic disease conditions in adult life. Study population: One thousand and sixty-eight (1,068) males and females aged 35 years and older, and residing in selected urban communities in Metro Manila participated in the…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Early Intervention, Family Violence, Child Abuse
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Lennon, Jeffrey L.; Coombs, David W. – Health Education, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of an educational board game for increasing knowledge, positive attitudes-beliefs, and self-efficacy for dengue prevention in a sample of Philippine school children and adolescents. Effective board games are more advantageous than lectures because they are adaptable, inexpensive and…
Descriptors: Health Education, Educational Games, Self Efficacy, Lecture Method
Philippines Univ., Quezon City. Inst. for Science and Mathematics Education Development. – 1984
This module (recommended for grades 5 or 6) provides information on water in the community. Topics considered include: safe water (showing how clear water may be unsafe to drink); water sources; drinking water and wells; clean water underground; how water gets from the ground to the faucet inside a home; the groundwater of seaside and inland…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Diseases, Drinking Water, Elementary School Science
Philippines Univ., Quezon City. Inst. for Science and Mathematics Education Development. – 1984
Information about the relationship between water and health is provided in this module. Topics considered include: (1) the various uses of water; (2) water demand of individuals in certain communities; (3) water sources; (4) water cycle; (5) pure water; (6) water pollution, focusing on pollution resulting from heat, chemicals, radioactive…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Diseases, Foreign Countries, Health Education
Philippines Univ., Quezon City. Inst. for Science and Mathematics Education Development. – 1985
This module provides information on: (1) the nature of health and nutrition; (2) the nature of vitamins; (3) general characteristics of fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins; (4) the source and major role of several vitamins (vitamins C, B, D, E, and K) as well as deficiences that arise from their oversupply, or insufficiency; and (5) ways of…
Descriptors: Diseases, Food, Foreign Countries, Health Activities
Maglacas, A. Mangay, Ed.; Simons, John, Ed. – 1986
In nine chapters, this book considers the extent to which training programs can be utilized to improve midwifery practice and reduce the risks surrounding childbirth in rural populations. The book opens with a chapter reviewing the question of whether the availability of trained birth attendants can be linked to a reduced incidence of neonatal…
Descriptors: Birth, Developing Nations, Diseases, Folk Culture
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology