Martha Givaudan
Biographic Data
| ID | 155459 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martha Givaudan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martha |
| FAMILY NAME | Givaudan |
| SIGNATURE | GIVAUDAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yo quiero Yo puedo |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Enhancement of underused cervical cancer prevention services in rural Oaxaca, Mexico
En este trabajo se analizan los resultados de la aplicacion del programa educacional Porque me quiero, me cuido, denominado actualmente Yo quiero, yo puedo. . . prevenir el cancer, en poblaciones rurales e indigenas de Valles Centrales, estado de Oaxaca, una de las regiones mas pobres de Mexico. Este programa esta dirigido a promover el uso de servicios de tamizaje y la prevencion del cancer cervicouterino mediante el cambio de conducta de las pe…
NGO-government partnerships for scaling up
Governments in developing countries need effective programmes to advance public policies and improve social welfare. NGOs often have well-tested programmes and research outcomes that are relevant to such needs, yet the scaling up of pilot programmes to national level is difficult to achieve and frequently unsuccessful. This article presents a case of successful scaling up for an adolescent sexual-health and psychosocial-competencies programme in …
Effectiveness of a Mexican Health Education Program in a Poverty-Stricken Rural Area of Guatemala
In this article, the authors discuss the transfer to Guatemala of an integral health education program, originally developed for indigenous women in southern Mexico. The program was implemented with some 400 indigenous women in rural Guatemala living under dire poverty, and was carried out through a closely supervised cascade process in which specially trained local women conducted workshops to their fellow countrywomen. The program aimed at impa…
A cervical cancer prevention programme in rural Mexico
This article reports on the development and administration of a programme in seven rural villages in the Mexican state of Oaxaca to address high rates of cervical cancer. The rationale and strategy are described on which the programme is based. The development and administration of the programme (to 1513 women) is presented, aimed at enabling women to take better care of themselves. Various additional activities that were added in the course of t…
VIII. Sexual Pleasure as a Key Component of Integral Sexual Health
Sexuality and life skills education
This contribution presents a set of intervention programs in the area of reproductive health, sexuality, and life-skills education that are now widely used in Mexico and with Latin American populations elsewhere. First, the authors briefly indicate how a research-informed approach has been central to the development and implementation of these interventions. Thereafter they describe how the programs were initially designed, taking into considerat…
Quietly working for school-based sexuality education in Mexico
In the past decade, there have been dramatic changes in Mexico in public opinion and support for sexuality education. The growing recognition that young people are sexually active before marriage and need information in order to make responsible choices is the result of intensive health promotion efforts by public and private entities. This paper is about the work of a Mexican non-governmental organisation, IMIFAP, which has designed and evaluate…
Sexuality and life skills education
This contribution presents a set of intervention programs in the area of reproductive health, sexuality, and life-skills education that are now widely used in Mexico and with Latin American populations elsewhere. First, the authors briefly indicate how a research-informed approach has been central to the development and implementation of these interventions. Thereafter they describe how the programs were initially designed, taking into considerat…
Quietly working for school-based sexuality education in Mexico
In the past decade, there have been dramatic changes in Mexico in public opinion and support for sexuality education. The growing recognition that young people are sexually active before marriage and need information in order to make responsible choices is the result of intensive health promotion efforts by public and private entities. This paper is about the work of a Mexican non-governmental organisation, IMIFAP, which has designed and evaluate…
Effectiveness of a Mexican Health Education Program in a Poverty-Stricken Rural Area of Guatemala
In this article, the authors discuss the transfer to Guatemala of an integral health education program, originally developed for indigenous women in southern Mexico. The program was implemented with some 400 indigenous women in rural Guatemala living under dire poverty, and was carried out through a closely supervised cascade process in which specially trained local women conducted workshops to their fellow countrywomen. The program aimed at impa…
VIII. Sexual Pleasure as a Key Component of Integral Sexual Health
NGO-government partnerships for scaling up
Governments in developing countries need effective programmes to advance public policies and improve social welfare. NGOs often have well-tested programmes and research outcomes that are relevant to such needs, yet the scaling up of pilot programmes to national level is difficult to achieve and frequently unsuccessful. This article presents a case of successful scaling up for an adolescent sexual-health and psychosocial-competencies programme in …
A cervical cancer prevention programme in rural Mexico
This article reports on the development and administration of a programme in seven rural villages in the Mexican state of Oaxaca to address high rates of cervical cancer. The rationale and strategy are described on which the programme is based. The development and administration of the programme (to 1513 women) is presented, aimed at enabling women to take better care of themselves. Various additional activities that were added in the course of t…
Quietly working for school-based sexuality education in Mexico
In the past decade, there have been dramatic changes in Mexico in public opinion and support for sexuality education. The growing recognition that young people are sexually active before marriage and need information in order to make responsible choices is the result of intensive health promotion efforts by public and private entities. This paper is about the work of a Mexican non-governmental organisation, IMIFAP, which has designed and evaluate…
Sexuality and life skills education
This contribution presents a set of intervention programs in the area of reproductive health, sexuality, and life-skills education that are now widely used in Mexico and with Latin American populations elsewhere. First, the authors briefly indicate how a research-informed approach has been central to the development and implementation of these interventions. Thereafter they describe how the programs were initially designed, taking into considerat…
A cervical cancer prevention programme in rural Mexico
This article reports on the development and administration of a programme in seven rural villages in the Mexican state of Oaxaca to address high rates of cervical cancer. The rationale and strategy are described on which the programme is based. The development and administration of the programme (to 1513 women) is presented, aimed at enabling women to take better care of themselves. Various additional activities that were added in the course of t…
VIII. Sexual Pleasure as a Key Component of Integral Sexual Health
Enhancement of underused cervical cancer prevention services in rural Oaxaca, Mexico
En este trabajo se analizan los resultados de la aplicacion del programa educacional Porque me quiero, me cuido, denominado actualmente Yo quiero, yo puedo. . . prevenir el cancer, en poblaciones rurales e indigenas de Valles Centrales, estado de Oaxaca, una de las regiones mas pobres de Mexico. Este programa esta dirigido a promover el uso de servicios de tamizaje y la prevencion del cancer cervicouterino mediante el cambio de conducta de las pe…
NGO-government partnerships for scaling up
Governments in developing countries need effective programmes to advance public policies and improve social welfare. NGOs often have well-tested programmes and research outcomes that are relevant to such needs, yet the scaling up of pilot programmes to national level is difficult to achieve and frequently unsuccessful. This article presents a case of successful scaling up for an adolescent sexual-health and psychosocial-competencies programme in …
Effectiveness of a Mexican Health Education Program in a Poverty-Stricken Rural Area of Guatemala
In this article, the authors discuss the transfer to Guatemala of an integral health education program, originally developed for indigenous women in southern Mexico. The program was implemented with some 400 indigenous women in rural Guatemala living under dire poverty, and was carried out through a closely supervised cascade process in which specially trained local women conducted workshops to their fellow countrywomen. The program aimed at impa…
Medicine (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Reproductive health (5 works) · Population (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works)