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PEER EDUCATION [5 records]

Record 1 2017-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Penal Administration
OBS

Correctional Service of Canada. The National Peer Education and Counselling Program is currently being implemented across all regions, for both men and women offenders. This program includes general information on hepatitis and tuberculosis.

Key term(s)
  • National Peer Education and Counselling Programme
  • PEC Program
  • PEC Programme
  • National PEC Program
  • National PEC Programme
  • Peer Education and Counselling Program
  • Peer Education and Counselling Programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Administration pénitentiaire
OBS

Service correctionnel du Canada. La mise en œuvre du Programme national d'éducation et d'entraide par les pairs pour les délinquants et les délinquantes a débuté dans toutes les régions. Ce programme prévoit notamment la diffusion de renseignements généraux sur l'hépatite et la tuberculose.

Key term(s)
  • Programme d'éducation et d'entraide par les pairs

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
  • Social Psychology
  • Social Problems
DEF

The provision of education by members of a community to members of the same or an equivalent community on a particular subject such as drug addiction, sexually transmitted diseases, etc.

CONT

Peer education ... is typically characterized by the use of members of a particular social network who are trained to become "experts" in a certain subject and encouraged to pass on the information to others in order to generate change among other members of the same group ... Peer education aims at effecting modification of a person's knowledge, attitudes, beliefs or behaviours and is often applied in the context of drug addiction, HIV [human immunodeficiency virus] prevention and reproductive health promotion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
  • Psychologie sociale
  • Problèmes sociaux
DEF

Approche éducative dans laquelle les membres d'un groupe social mènent des activités de sensibilisation et d'éducation organisées auprès de leurs pairs sur des sujets particuliers tels que la dépendance aux drogues, la prévention des maladies transmises sexuellement, etc.

CONT

L’éducation par les pairs sert souvent à susciter un changement au niveau de l’individu en tentant de modifier ses connaissances, ses attitudes, ses croyances, ou ses comportements.

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of National Programs (Canadian)
  • Social Services and Social Work
  • Immunology
OBS

HIV/AIDS: human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

Key term(s)
  • National HIV/AIDS Peer Education and Counseling Program
  • HIV/AIDS Peer Education and Counselling Program

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes nationaux canadiens
  • Services sociaux et travail social
  • Immunologie
OBS

VIH/sida : virus de l'immunodéficience humaine / syndrome d'immunodéficience acquis.

OBS

Source(s) : Direction générale de la promotion et des programmes de la santé, Santé Canada.

Key term(s)
  • Programme d'éducation et de counseling par les pairs sur le VIH/sida

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Programs and Courses
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes et de cours
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
OBS

Source : Traduction des débats, Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick.

Spanish

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Record 5 1998-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Programs and Courses
  • Blood

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes et de cours
  • Sang

Spanish

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