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ERIC Number: EJ414197
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0097-0050
Overcoming Xenophobia: Learning to Accept Differences.
Baker, Judith A.
Health Education, v21 n2 p55-56 Mar-Apr 1990
Quality health education requires that health educators engage in the professional and personal development necessary to overcome xenophobia when working with special populations (obese, elderly, indigent, minorities, etc.). This article describes strategies employed in a university community health education class to help students overcome xenophobia in themselves and others. (IAH)
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Course Content, Health Education, Higher Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Stereotypes, Stranger Reactions, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Health Educators