Abstract
This paper explores the impact of the non-formal primary education programme of the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) on raising health knowl edge of rural Bangladeshi children. Three groups of children — graduates of the BRAC programme, formal school learners and children who never went to school —were assessed with an instrument containing six health knowledge items. A sample of 720 children, equally distributed by study groups and sex, was randomly selected. Data were collected from five areas where a socio-demographic surveillance system was in operation. This study reveals that the Programme graduates were more likely to have higher levels of health knowledge than the children of the other two groups. The impact of the Programme may be due to its extra emphasis on enhancing the positive influence of education in the lives of the rural population.
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