School-based programmes that seem to work

Gender & AIDS modules : Best Practices / Programmes that Work

Ge nd er & A ID S AI DS AI DS AI DS AI DS Summary: Using the health promotion concept as a framework, this module focuses on best practice elements that contribute to making programmes successful in integrating a gender-based perspective. UNAIDS defines “best practices” as accumulated knowledge concerning strategies and activities that work or do not work, why they work or do not work and how t...

From school to work and from work to school: information environments and transferring information literacy practices

Introduction. This study, based in a Scottish secondary school, aimed to examine the views of students who were completing work experience, on their information literacy practices, and the differences they found between the school and workplace information environments while on work experience. The views of guidance teachers were also explored. Method. The study used a constructivist grounded t...

Tackling worms in children: school programmes can work – for eyes too

These worms – also known as soil-transmitted helminths (STH) – primarily affect children and women of childbearing age. Infected children may become anaemic and tired, and have difficulty learning. The worms absorb vital nutrients from the intestine, which can affect children’s growth, health, and nutrition. Some studies have shown that children with high levels of infection have impaired cogni...

Realist review to understand the efficacy of school feeding programmes.

Why most interventions to improve physician prescribing do not seem to work.