Participation in environmental enhancement and conservation activities for health and well-being in adults: a review of quantitative and qualitative evidence

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Bell Island Co-op public meeting. No. 01

Public meeting held on Bell Island to investigate the possibility of creating a co-operative

Economic and social HIV / AIDS prevention strategies for Northern Thai women : operations research

This project, funded by the International Development Research Center (IDRC), was a collaboration/cooperative effect between the Population and Community Development Association(PDA) and the program on AIDS , Thai Red Cross Society. The project areas are in Wiang Pa Pao District in Chiang Rai Province and Chiang Kham District in Phayao Province. The objective of the project was to prevent young women in the North of Thailand from entering commercial sex work. 111 order to evaluate the project, the study was done using questionnaires, focus group discussion and in-depth interview. The target groups of the study (those directly impacted by the project) were young women and young men in the villages, parents and community leaders. The project lasted from May 1992 to December 1995..

Bell Island Co-op public meeting. No. 04

Public meeting held on Bell Island to investigate the possibility of creating a co-operative

Community radio in the West: a legacy of struggle for survival in a state and capitalist controlled media environment

In this article the legacy of struggle by community radio in the West is analysed from a comparative perspective. More specifically, the focus of this article is on Western media policies towards community radio. It is argued that while many community radio discourses, theories and policies are oriented towards developing countries and emerging democracies, community radio stations in the West are often forced to operate in the margins. Case studies on the US, the UK and Belgium are presented. Some influence of distinct regulatory paradigms can be observed, but overall in each of these countries community radio stations have a legacy of struggle for their existence and survival. This exposes the need to account for the distinct nature of community radio in (Western) regulatory regimes. A common thread in the cases being presented is the difficulty involved in (local) community radio legitimating its existence on the FM-band alongside commercial and public broadcasters. Unlike these, community radio movements have little lobbying power and are usually positioned as rogue and unprofessional actors within the broadcasting community. From a democratic perspective emphasizing the importance of participation and civic culture, Western media policies urgently need to create an enabling environment for participatory community radio initiatives

Not without hope : a report and recommendations on family relocation /

Includes bibliographical references.Mode of access: Internet

Community development and child welfare

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