Content analysis of primary and secondary school textbooks regarding malaria control: a multi-country study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In tropical settings, malaria education at school is potentially useful, but textbook content related to malaria education has so far received little attention. This study aimed to examine whether school textbooks contain sufficient knowledge and skills to help children in primary and lower secondary schools and their family members to cope with malaria.

Methodology/principal findings

This was a descriptive, cross-country study. We collected textbooks that were used by children in grades one to nine from nine countries endemic for malaria: Laos, Cambodia, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Zambia, Niger, Benin, and Ghana. Two reviewers per country identified descriptions about malaria by seeking the term "malaria" or a local word that corresponds to malaria in language

SUBMITTER: Nonaka D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3344925 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature