Health promotion in a Cambodian refugee camp: a CHILD-to-child approach
Boyer-Chuanroong, L.
Journal of School Health 54(7): 253-255
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-4391 PMID: 6565875 DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1984.tb08924.xDocument Number: 313187
This paper describes a School Health Program established in Khao I Dang, a refugee camp of 80,000 Cambodians in Thailand. Originally designed to provide health screening and immunization, the program was expanded to include health promotion. The author conceptualizes the health promotion activities based on the underlying principles in the manual CHILD-to-child. Three specific projects using CHILD-to-child techniques are described. The article concludes with a discussion of the applicability of these techniques to refugee settings in general and to American schools.