Webinar Series and Other Activities on School Health & Nutrition Programs in Low Resource Countries

Several members of the FRESH Partnership are working together to gather, summarize and share knowledge about basic education, health and development programs in low resource countries. Lead organizations in this series of activities include Save the Children, Partnership for Child Development, International School Health Network, UNESCO, including the UNESCO Clearinghouse, UNODC and others. We are pleased to offer the series of webinars listed below. The series is also being supported by resources and reports selected from the UNESCO Health Education Clearinghouse, the PCD Documents and Resources Collection and the development of a corresponding series of Wikipedia style summaries on the topics discussed, an extensive Bibliography/Toolbox and other online resources.Please join us online in the live sessions each month or view the recorded webinars at your leisure.

For a complete list and access to the recordings, slides, readings and suggested resources from the previous webinars in this series on Low Resource Countries, go to our Webinars/Web Meetings page.

Upcoming Webinars/Web Meetings on Low Resource Countries

News/Announcements

• Read and comment on the FRESH Consensus Statement on Promoting Educational Success, Health & Development in Low Resource Countries
• Read this summary of what we know about preventing alcohol & tobacco use in low resource countries
• Review this draft summary of what we know about promoting mental health in low resource countries
  

Date/Time

Session Description

Recordings/Readings/Resources

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14 June 2019
(14:00, London, UK, 9:00 am Washington DC,)

Multilevel Parenting Package for Life Skills Promotion in Challenged and Humanitarian Settings 

• Dr. Wadih Maalouf, Global Programme Manager, Drug Prevention and Health Branch, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime UNODC, Vienna-Austria
• Dr Aala El-Khani,  Consultant at Drug Prevention and Health Branch, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Honorary Research Associate, University of Manchester, Manchester-United Kingdom

What evidence-based approaches to reduce risky behaviors and promote positive mental health are available in challenged and humanitarian settings? 

How can caregivers be better parents and strengthen positive age-appropriate family functioning and general interactions? 

What open-access packages exist for a tiered approach to family skills promotion? 

Join us to learn more about family skills interventions promoted by the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC), as FRESH commemorates the "International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking"

To access the webinar on the day of the session, this Participants Link will be active about 15 minutes before the start of webinar.

Suggested Readings/Resources:

• El Khani A., Maalouf W., Abu Baker D., Zahra N., Noubani A., Cartwright K. Caregiving for children through conflict and displacement: a pilot study testing feasibility of delivering and evaluating a light touch parenting intervention for caregivers in the West Bank. International Journal of Psychology, 2019 
• Parra-Cardona R, Leijten P, Lachman J., Mejia A., Baumann A., Amador Buenabad N.G. Cluver L., Doubt J., Gardner F., Hutchings J., Ward C.L., Wessels I.M., Calam M., Chavira V. Domenech Rodriguez M.M. Strengthening a Culture of Prevention in Low and Middle Income Countries: Balancing Scientific Expectations and Contextual Realities. Prevention Science 2018
• Maalouf W, Campello G. The Influence of family skills programmes on Violence indicators: Experience from a multi-site project of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in low and middle income countries. Aggression and Violent Behavior 2014
•  UNODC WHO UNESCO Good policy and practice in health education: Educational sector response to the use of alcohol, tobacco and drugs
•  UNODC WHO International Standards on Drug Use Prevention