- Authors
- Barnett, E., K. de Koning and V. Francis
- Title
- Health and HIV/AIDS Education in Primary and Secondary Schools in Africa and Asia - Education Research Paper No. 14
- Imprint
- Department for International Development (UK), London, December 1995, 164 pp
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0 902500 69 4
- Description
Education Resource Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. In collaboration with The College of Community Medicine, Lahore, Pakistan; The Institute of Mangement in Government, Kerala, India; The Institute of Public Health, Makerere University, Uganda; and The Health Research Unit, Ministry of Health, Ghana.
- Abstract
"This report sets out to describe current policy and practice related to health and AIDS education in primary and secondary schools in Africa and Asia. It focuses on: the health and education context, and the priority attached HIV/AIDS; curriculum content; teaching methods; teacher preparation and the concerns of young people with regards to health generally and AIDS specifically. 2. The report draws on published and unpublished literature as well as empirical work in four countries: Pakistan, India, Uganda and Ghana. The empirical work combines key informant and documentary analysis of stated policy and practice, with detailed work carried out in selected schools in each of the countries. The schools data pays particular attention to the worries and concerns of young people. As such, it may provide a useful starting point for discussion on developing "student centred" health education curricula."