INEE and the ERICC Research Consortium are pleased to invite you to a webinar on data systems in education in conflict and crisis settings. Hosted by the ERICC Research Consortium and INEE, this event brings together experts to engage in dialogue on data needs in education in conflict and crisis education, as data issues play a crucial role in driving evidence-based educational decision-making and the design of policies and programs. 28 Feb 2024, 1-2pm UTC Register here.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently published two new resources to support citizen engagement in evidence-informed policy-making in the health field. The first is an overview document that introduces the concept and principles of citizen engagement, its benefits, and challenges. The second is a guide on how to organize mini-publics, a specific form of citizen engagement that involves a representative sample of citizens in structured and facilitated discussions on a policy issue. Join the upcoming WHO webinar, “Citizen Engagement in Evidence-informed Policy-making - Launch of the WHO Overview Document and Mini-Publics Guide”. This event will take place on 29 February 2024, from 14:00 to 15:30 hrs CET. Register here.
A systematic review of hand hygiene programs in schools found that "School-based hand-hygiene interventions are effective in reducing infection-related absence." However the review also found "found no evidence to support the interventions currently recommended in a range of international guidelines. The meta-analysis indicated that school-based hand-hygiene interventions lead to a significant decrease in RT and GI illness-related absence, and so should be implemented, despite high heterogeneity. The optimal behavioural contents of this intervention remains unclear.. The review found some evidence that using more than one behaviour change technique is more effective. Utilising both ‘risk perception’ and ‘instruction’ in intervention design, and targeting both children and adults is also likely more effective. Acces the review at: Hoyle E, Davies H, Bourhill J, Roberts N, Lee JJ, & Albury C. (2023). Effectiveness of hand-hygiene interventions in reducing illness-related absence in educational settings in high income countries: Systematic review and behavioural analysis. Journal of Public Health
A systematic review of 22 studies reported that "Interventions to reduce stigma associated with mental health conditions showed small, short-term effects in young people (post intervention but not at follow up) . Education-based interventions showed relatively more significant effects than other types of interventions." Effective intervention components were educational approaches, including lessons, curriculum that consisted of modules explaining stigma-related concepts and strategies, activities such as video games and facilitated discussion, which could be effective in reducing stigma through correcting misinformation on mental health. The authors observed that "It has been argued that it is often ineffective to reduce stigma in the general public using educational programmes alone and that contact-based interventions are more successful than education-based interventions for adults (Corrigan et al., 2012). Our review showed the opposite findings for young people." Access the review at: Song N, Hugh-Jones S, West RM, Pickavance J, & Mir G. (2023). The effectiveness of anti-stigma interventions for reducing mental health stigma in young people: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Global Mental Health, 10, e39.
aA 2023 umbrella review of systematic reviews found that obesity prevention interventions with a nutrition component had little effect on body mass index measures for most age groups of young people. The study found Thirteen SRs examined the impact of obesity prevention interventions with nutrition in the school setting in all age groups combined. The umbrella review concluded that "Based on the current evidence, in all age groups combined, nutrition and physical activity interventions in the school setting may not reduce BMI z-score, BMI, or overweight or obesity prevalence. Interventions in school settings likely reduce BMI z-score in children 6–12 years old." This finding suggests that school nutrition programs should focus on primary school. Access the review at: Rozga M, & Handu D. (2023). Nutrition interventions for pediatric obesity prevention: An umbrella review of systematic reviews. Nutrients, 15(24).
A systematic review published in International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion found that educational/behavioral strategies and multifaceted programs are effective in reducing RTIs among young adults and adolescents. However, there is a lack of studies on other potential interventions. The quality of the included studies was moderate. Access the journal article at Malekpour F, Afshari M, Kharghani Moghadam SM, Cheraghi Z, Bashirian S, Moeini B, et al. (2023). The effect of intervention programs on road traffic injury prevention among adolescents and young people: A systematic review. , 1-9.
A systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines among children and adolescents against SARS-CoV-2 variants.This meta-analysis presents moderate-quality evidence that the COVID-19 vaccine is effective in safeguarding children and adolescents from the SARS-CoV-2 variant. Being fully vaccinated may offer greater protection than being partially vaccinated. Access journal article at Lan Z, Yan J, Yang Y, Tang Z, Guo X, Wu Z, et al. (2023). Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines among children and adolescents against SARS-CoV-2 variants: A meta-analysis. European Journal of Pediatrics, 182(12), 5235-5244.
The sixth International Day of Education will be celebrated on 24 January 2024 under the theme “learning for lasting peace”. The world is seeing a surge of violent conflicts paralleled by an alarming rise of discrimination, racism, xenophobia, and hate speech. The impact of this violence transcends any boundary based on geography, gender, race, religion, politics, offline and online. An active commitment to peace is more urgent today than ever: Education is central to this endeavor, as underlined by the UNESCO Recommendation on Education for Peace, Human Rights and Sustainable Development. Learning for peace must be transformative, and help empower learners with the necessary knowledge, values, attitudes and skills and behaviours to become agents of peace in their communities. UNESCO is dedicating this year’s International Day of Education to the crucial role education and teachers play in countering hate speech, a phenomenon which has snowballed in recent years with the use of social media, damaging the fabric of our societies. More Information
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) will hold Consultations on a Global Digital Compact. The Consultations will convene as part of the preparatory process for the Summit of the Future. The expected Global Digital Compact will be annexed to the Summit of the Future’s outcome document, the Pact for the Future, if intergovernmentally agreed. The consultations will be led by the co-facilitators of the intergovernmental process on the Global Digital Compact, Anna Enstrom, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the UN, and Chola Milambo, Permanent Representative of Zambia to the UN.
Consultations will convene with Member States and observers on 12 February 2024, and with relevant stakeholders on 13 February 2024. A second round of consultations will take place for Member States and observers on 29 February, and for stakeholders on 1 March. The co-facilitators will also invite written input by 8 March 2024, to inform preparation of the zero draft of the Global Digital Compact. More information Following a Members States request to document and analyze successful country initiatives in multisectoral government action for the prevention and control of NCDs, WHO in 2022 held a call for submissions to collect relevant experiences. This online repository features the 95 examples from 46 countries initially assessed as part of the global mapping report. Schools are a hub for several examples but it takes time to sort through the content of the web site. Go to the Repository
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