This issue focuses on several efforts in maternal and child health education and environmental sanitation throughout the world in which bridges between technical content and participatory education have been built successfully. The following articles are included: "Editorial" (David Kahler, Bonnie Mullinix); "Women's Health Education and Adult Literacy in Nepal" (Cristine Smith, Chij Shrestha, and John Comings); "Getting Local Players into the Act: School and Community Collaboration on Environmental Sanitation in a Chinese Municipality" (David Kahler et al.); "Assessing Empowerment in Health Education Programs: Challenges for Evaluators Based on Experiences in Cambodia" (Hitoshi Murakami, David Kahler, and Peggy Levitt); "Let's Talk Health: Promoting Participatory Health Education in Kenya" (Bonnie Mullinix, Florence Gachanja); "Taking Care and Taking Action: Using Learner Generated Stories for Cancer Education in the United States" (Loren McGrail); and "From the Field--Messages in the Marketplace: Namibian Business Women Combat HIV/AIDS" (Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) (Armin Sethna). Contains a 27-item annotated bibliography describing related organizations, newsletters/journals, courses/workshops, and books. (MN)