Children as partners for health

About this book

"This book critically reviews the innovative approach to health education known as Child-to-Child, which is now being used in more than eighty countries around the world. This approach advocates children being seen as active promoters and not just receivers of health. Child-to-Child has been profoundly influenced by the Declarations of Health for All (1978), Education for All (1990) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1990), which have led to wide-ranging debate on effective strategies for achieving its ambitious goals. This book explores how far child-centred philosophies such as Child-to-Child, which have been largely articulated in the West, can work in cultures where people do not necessarily share current Western assumptions about the role of the child in society."--Jacket.