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Health and Education Linkages in Developing Countries

Over the past decade the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) and other major population and health studies have consistently shown that educational attainment has a substantial effect on behavior and attitudes towards health, evidence of the mutual benefits between education and health. AIR is carrying out important work that links the areas of health and education, such as training teachers to provide simple health interventions at schools (for example, the administration of deworming medicine and micronutrients, or provision of clean water and sanitation) and strengthening health education curricula and teacher training (such as curriculum training on HIV and AIDS prevention, nutrition and hygiene, and malaria prevention).

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• The Communication Toolkit: Using Information to Get High Quality Care

  

  The Communication Toolkit: Using Information to Get High Quality Care is based on AIR’s rigorous study of the challenges involved in disseminating information about evidence-based health care.

• Commitment for Quality Education for More Children in Haiti

  AIR’s Commitment for Quality Education for More Children in Haiti is to improve access to quality education through donor funded activities and to leverage additional resources to maximize the impact of education reform efforts.

• ENGAGE: Pilot Project in Inclusive Education

  

  The USAID-funded ENGAGE Project is introducing inclusive education for children with disabilities in Bagh, Pakistan. Twenty-five teachers in Bagh are participating in Pakistan's first project to introduce inclusive education training in a public school setting.

• ENGAGE: Pilot Project in Inclusive Education

  

  The USAID-funded ENGAGE Project is introducing inclusive education for children with disabilities in Bagh, Pakistan. Twenty-five teachers in Bagh are participating in Pakistan's first project to introduce inclusive education training in a public school setting.

• ENGAGE: Pilot Project in Inclusive Education

  

  The USAID-funded ENGAGE Project is introducing inclusive education for children with disabilities in Bagh, Pakistan. Twenty-five teachers in Bagh are participating in Pakistan's first project to introduce inclusive education training in a public school setting.

• Support to the Secretariat of Deworm the World

  

  AIR is providing support to the Secretariat of Deworm the World by providing office space, IT and telecommunications support, and administrative and technical support to ensure effective operations.

• Health Information Networks, Clearinghouses, Online Information Systems, Web Sites, Online Product Catalog and Publishing

  AIR assisted the the National Institutes of Health in disseminating advances in research to health care providers and the general public.

• I-131 Public Education Campaign

  Development of a communication plan to inform multiethnic “high exposure” and “low exposure” groups about potential health risks due to exposure to I-131 from the Nevada Test Sites.

• Biodefense Communication

  AIR developed and delivered a one-day course, Face the Media, covering the basics of crisis communication for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) spokespersons.

• CMS Integrated Chronic Disease Quality Performance Measurement at the Level of the Physician’s Office

  Defining overall quality measures of physician performance with respect to chronic disease management and preventive care for older adults and to define strategies for quality improvement and physician recognition programs.