Finding a curriculum that works under trees: Literacy and health education for adolescent girls in rural Malawi

Development in Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 655-667

  Hogg, Angela ^a   Makwiza, Berlina ^b   Mlanga, Stella ^b   Broadhead, Robin ^c   Brabin, Loretta ^d  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Adolescent Girls Literacy Project   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; FEMALE EDUCATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; LITERACY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 23844552382     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09614520500128844     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Archer, David and Sara Cottingham (1996) REFLECT Mother Manual, London: ActionAid.
2. Ballara, Marcela (1991) Women and Literacy, London: Zed Books.
3. Brabin, Loretta, Francine Verhoeff, Peter Kazembe, Bernard Brabin, Lyson Chimsuku, and Robin Broadhead (1998) 'Improving antenatal care for pregnant adolescents in southern Malawi', Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandanivica 77(4):402-409.
4. Crossley, Michael and Graham Vulliamy (eds.) (1997) Qualitative Educational Research in Developing Countries: Current Perspectives, New York and London: Garland Publishing.
5. Egbo, Benedicta (2000) Gender, Literacy and Life Chances in Sub-Saharan Africa, The Language and Education Library 16, Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
6. Fazio-Tirrozzo, Gabrielle, Loretta Brabin, Bernard Brabin, Schola Agbaje, Greg Harper, and Robin Broadhead (1998) 'A community based study of vitamin A and vitamin E status of adolescent girls living in the Shire valley, southern Malawi', European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 52(9):637-642.
7. Fordham, Paul, Deryn Holland, and Juliet Millican (1995) Adult Literacy: A Handbook for Development Workers, Oxford: Oxfam, in association with VSO.
8. Freire, Paulo (1970) Pedagogy of the Oppressed, New York, NY: Seaburn.
9. 1998 Malawi Population and Housing Census (2000) Report of Final Census Results (December 2000), Zomba: National Statistical Office.
10. Maluwa-Banda, Dixie and Foster Kholowa (2002) 'The Status of the Education of the Girl Child in Malawi: A Gender Review in Education', draft report, Lilongwe: UNICEF.
11. Mortimore A. and S. Gibbs (1990) 'Child feeding practices in rural Malawi: implications for nutrition education', Malawi Medical Journal 6(1):18-20.
12. Robinson-Pant, Anna (2002) Why Eat Green Cucumbers at the Time of Dying?: Exploring the Link between Women's Literacy and Development: A Nepal Perspective, Hamburg: UNESCO Institute for Education.
13. Rogers, Alan (1994) Women, Literacy and Income Generation, Reading: Education for Development.
14. Sandiford, Peter, J. Cassell, M. Montenegro, and G. Sánchez (1995) 'The impact of women's literacy on child health and its interaction with access to health services', Population Studies 49:5-17.
15. Street, Brian (1984) Literacy in Theory and Practice, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
16. Street, Brian (2002) Foreword to Robinson-Pant (2002).
17. UNICEF (1999) The State of the World's Children, New York, NY: UNICEF.