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7. Developing an Intervention | Community Tool Box

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Example 1: Developing a Mental Health Intervention with Youth in a Palestinian Refugee Camp

Burj El Barajneh is a Palestinian refugee camp (BBC) in Beirut, Lebanon, and the 6th largest of the 12 official campus established after 1948.

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Example 2: Take Charge Challenge: Self-Determined Physical Activity Program

The Take Charge Challenge is a 10-week physical activity program in which participants determine their individual readiness for physical activity, set goals, and pursue activities that interest and challenge them.

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Example 3: DESEPAZ: A Violence Prevention Intervention in Cali, Colombia

In 1992, when Rodrigo Guerrero was elected mayor of Cali, Colombia, his platform was built on the foundation that he would decrease the rising rates of violence during his term.

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Example 4: Girls Take Charge to Get the Lead Out

Girls Inc., Munroe-Meyer Institute/The University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Omaha Healthy Kids collaborated to develop and implement a community project with girls ages 13-14.

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Example 5: Kenya's Intervention to Address MDG 4: Reducing Child Mortality

The child mortality rates in Kenya are as high as 126 males per 1000 and 120 females per 1000 live births.

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Example 6: Outreach to Most-at-Risk Populations Through SIDC in Lebanon

In 1987, the SID association (the initials come from its French name, “Service Infirmier à Domicile”) was founded in Lebanon.

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Example 7: Sanitation in Komo, Kenya: An intervention Developed by The Ministry of Public Health & Sanitation

The Thika West District, is a town located in the Central Province, about 40km north-east of Nairobi. Home to about 2000 residents, Komo’s main source of income is coffee farming with in Thika.

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Example 8: Reframing Childhood Obesity: Cultural Insights on Nutrition, Weight, and Food Systems

This report focuses on three key areas in which cultural insights and global examples can help improve health policy around childhood obesity by understanding how historical and structural factors frame food and weight beyond individual choice.

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