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Drummon, Therese; Lotham, Michael C., Ed. – 1975
This monograph provides an interpretation of the work and ideas of Paulo Freire and describes an attempt to use his methods in a preliminary trial of a small scale nutrition program in four villages in Maranhao State, Northeast Brazil. The introductory chapter indicates the seriousness of the nutritional problems of the rural poor as well as the…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Involvement, Developing Nations, Educational Methods
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de Moura, S. L. – Health Education Research, 2004
This study investigated the health-related concerns of adolescents living on streets as compared to poor and privileged adolescents living with their families in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The different groups of respondents were similar in terms of individuals' fear of disease and lack of concern about health in old age. AIDS and cancer were feared by…
Descriptors: Health Education, Mental Disorders, Diseases, Demography