Reforming the perceptions about reproductive health amongst adolescents in urban slums

Status Report on the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents Living in Urban Slums in Kenya

Knowledge, Perceptions and Acceptability to Strengthening Adolescents' Sexual and Reproductive Health Education amongst Secondary Schools in Gulu District.

Adolescents in Northern Uganda are at risk of teenage pregnancies, unsafe abortions and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). There is silence on sex both at home and school. This cross sectional descriptive analytical study interviews a random sample of 827 students and 13 teachers on knowledge, perception and acceptability to a comprehensive adolescent sexual and reproductive health educati...

Health experts' perceptions about health education facilitators in the Iranian health system: A qualitative study

Background & Aim: Given the epidemiologic transition and necessity of educating to individuals, groups and organization for changing lifestyle and adherence, moreover inadequacy of current educational status, identifying health education facilitators in Iranian health system is necessary. Therefore the current study was done with the aim of explaining Facilitators of Health Education in Iranian...

Community-based health programmes: role perceptions and experiences of female peer facilitators in Mumbai's urban slums

Community-based initiatives have become a popular approach to addressing the health needs of underserved populations, in both low- and higher-income countries. This article presents findings from a study of female peer facilitators involved in a community-based maternal and newborn health intervention in urban slum areas of Mumbai. Using qualitative methods we explore their role perceptions and...

Urban slums and primary health care.

provide substantial benefits for the dental health of six million people, many of them living in the west midlands and the north east ofEngland.4 The arguments for extending fluoridation are not as overwhelming as they were in 1956. The prevalence of dental caries has fallen in both fluoridated and non-fluoridated districts,5 and the costs of fluoridation plant designed to meet modem operating ...