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Reidy, Mary; Denieffe, Suzanne; Foran, Sinéad – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2014
In the Republic of Ireland, more than 8000 women with intellectual disabilities (IDs), aged 20 years and over, are registered for service provision. Their health needs challenge preventative health services including breast and cervical cancer screening programmes. This review explores the literature about cancer screening participation rates and…
Descriptors: Cancer, Screening Tests, Females, Consciousness Raising
Prinsen, Bert – 1997
This paper discusses the characteristics of three community-based early childhood care and development support programs: the Community Mothers Program of Dublin, Ireland; the Maternal and Infant Health Outreach Workers Program of Tennessee; and the Mothers Inform Mothers Program of the Netherlands. The paper considers the general characteristics…
Descriptors: Child Health, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Community Support
Kingsley, Sherman C.; Dresslar, F. B. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1917
Open-air schools represent one of the latest developments in public-school organization. They came as the result of a desire for better conservation of the health of those children who, by reason of a tuberculous affection, poor nourishment, or other debilitating conditions, were unable to profit physically and mentally by the life and work of…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Communicable Diseases, Physical Health, Child Health