23. Carr, D. Village Mothers on the West Bank Learn about Health. World Health Forum 1988; 9: 245-249.

The project manager describes the health education program of Catholic Relief Services. The program linked provision of food aid to attending health education classes, which covered nutrition, first aid, child development and hygiene. In 1985 the program was revised and expanded and by January of 1986, 129 villages were reportedly involved. The author claims that an evaluation showed that the health education program had a favorable impact on certain aspects of behavior of mothers, and that there was a trend towards better health in participating villages. No supporting evidence for the former claim is given, while the latter is based on cross-sectional inter-village comparisons.