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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"peer educator"”.
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Measuring acceptability and efficacy of culturally sensitive peer-taught diabetes nutrition education for a low-income, low-literacy, Spanish-speaking Hispanic population
… The CS group received education from a peer educator. Learning was assessed by comparing pre-test and post-test scores. Acceptability was measured using a post-class survey. Results: Significant improvement was demonstrated in both groups, with a 43% improvement from pre-test to …
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An evaluation of the Zululand University peer educators' programme
… of the Zululand University HIV/AIDS peer educator programme. The evaluation was surnmative in nature. The research design was a pre-post-test control group design and both qualitative and quantitative methods were used for data collection and data analysis. The outcome measures used …
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Do Marketing Strategies Impact Condom Sales in Uganda?
… strategies will be randomly assigned to BRAC’s Peer Educator (PEs) hired exclusively to sell condoms by means of regular sales trainings. We wish to see whether the growth in sales is influenced by the gender of the seller. We find that pleasure marketing suggests a positive growth in sales over …
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An Analysis of Academic Peer Leaders' Perceptions of Academic Skills and Performance
<p>This research study explored academic peer leadership in the context of higher education and student affairs. In this study, a peer leader was considered to be "an undergraduate student who has been selected to serve as a mentor or peer educator to other students through a position with a …
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An Integrated Research Practice Partnership to Explore and Develop Physical Activity Resources Within a Statewide Program
… an evidence-based physical activity resource for peer educators employed by FNP to use. The video suite, Move More, Virginia!, was created as open-access and includes demographically diverse individuals, representative of FNP clients. Study I determined client perceptions of physical activity and …
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Factors contributing to teenage pregnancy in King Cetshwayo District Secondary Schools
… Cetshwayo district? ∙ What role can be played by educators in mitigating factors contributing to teenage pregnancy in King Cetshwayo district secondary schools? This investigation was pursued with the aim of attaining practical and relevant solutions to this societal menace of teenage pregnancy. …
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Culinary skills: Immediate and intermediate impacts of a peer-education intervention for adolescents
… skills lessons was to determine the efficacy of peer-educators compared to adult-educators in lesson fidelity as well as participant psychosocial parameters of knowledge, attitude and self-efficacy. Two culinary skills lessons were implemented, and the immediate and intermediate effects of the …
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An ethical assessment of the Zambian school re-entry policy with respect to teenage pregnancy: a case study of selected secondary schools in Lusaka
… Perceived causes of teenage pregnancies are peer pressure, curiosity, poverty, lack of self discipline and lack of parental guidance. Perceptions of the positive effects of the school re-entry policy are primarily that teenage mothers are enabled to gain an education and contribute to …
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Community-Based Education through a Paraprofessional Model: An Experiential Learning Perspective of Peer Education
In community-based peer education models, it is necessary to understand the relationship between learning, context and paraprofessional identity construction. Social relations are important in community education program implementation (Merriam, Caffarella, & Baumgartner, 2007); impacting power …