Teaching about Guinea Worm Prevention: A Manual for Secondary School Teachers

摘要

The document is a teachers' guide on guinea worm prevention. It is intended for training of secondary school teachers teaching hygiene education/health programs. Secondary school students are highly respected in many village communities. They can influence community decisions and their parents' behavior. The guide was originally prepared as part of a program on Family Life Education in Nigeria, but it can be adapted by teachers in other countries. It consists of a set of lesson plans with supporting background materials for teachers to use. It includes content material as well as suggestions for classroom activities to show students how to inform their parents and siblings about the prevention of guinea worm. The message to be imparted through the students is for communities to take the initiative for building and maintaining a potable water source. Coupled with preventive health practices, this is the only practical way to stop the spread of the disease.