Descriptor
Author
| Biddle, Elizabeth | 1 |
| Cate, Jean | 1 |
| Friedman, Mark | 1 |
| Halfon, Neal | 1 |
| Hofford, Craig W. | 1 |
| Judd, Becky | 1 |
| Morales, Alex | 1 |
| Russ, Shirley | 1 |
| Sareen, Harvinder | 1 |
| Varela, Frances | 1 |
| Visencio, Diane | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Opinion Papers | 3 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 2 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
| Collected Works - Serials | 1 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
| Legal/Legislative/Regulatory… | 1 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 1 |
Education Level
| Adult Education | 3 |
| Early Childhood Education | 3 |
| Preschool Education | 3 |
| Postsecondary Education | 1 |
Audience
| Policymakers | 7 |
| Practitioners | 2 |
| Administrators | 1 |
Location
| California | 2 |
| Australia | 1 |
| Minnesota | 1 |
| United States | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Social Security Act | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Biddle, Elizabeth – Updating School Board Policies, 1991
A preview of an upcoming National School Boards Association (NSBA) publication on comprehensive school health programs explores 4 components of school health programs: (1) board policy; (2) classroom instruction; (3) health services; and (4) healthy school environments. Descriptions of successful school health programs at Frontier Central School…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Health Education, Health Programs, Information Sources
Download full textHofford, Craig W.; Cate, Jean – 1993
Health promotion includes those strategies that reinforce the maintenance of healthy lifestyle behaviors and discourage the use of unhealthy lifestyle behaviors. Health promotion strategies are gaining momentum in the United States. Three of the six "America 2000" education goals have health-related implications, specifically the goals…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Health, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Direct linkJudd, Becky – Forum for Youth Investment, 2006
The youth development approach has gained traction over the past twenty-plus years, across a range of youth-serving fields, including public health. While it is important for Adolescent Health Coordinators, other practitioners and policy makers focused on youth to be familiar with youth development concepts, it is critically important that they…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Health Programs, Public Health, Individual Development
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1990
Developed by the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges in response to legislative mandate, this report provides a brief epidemiological background on the Human Immune Deficiency Virus epidemic, a summary of actions taken by the Board of Governors and the Chancellor's Office, results of a survey of the colleges regarding…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Communicable Diseases, Community Colleges, Contraception
Friedman, Mark – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
The federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau has launched a five-year initiative that will support state efforts to build comprehensive early childhood service systems. This initiative--the State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Initiative (SECCS)--provides two year planning grants followed by three year implementation grants to the 50 state…
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Federal Programs, State Programs, State Agencies
Sareen, Harvinder; Visencio, Diane; Russ, Shirley; Halfon, Neal – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2005
If early childhood systems are to be effective at the population level then they must be able to provide family-centered care to all the racial, ethnic and cultural groups that they serve. Despite major policy driven and technological advances in healthcare, health disparities across different races and ethnicities persist. For example, the infant…
Descriptors: Pediatrics, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Differences, Parent Attitudes
Zepeda, Marlene; Varela, Frances; Morales, Alex – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
In 2003, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) released a "Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Health." In recognition of the critical role states play in the development of early childhood initiatives and of the unique contributions that state Title V programs can make to these initiatives, the Bureau operationalized their…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Child Health, Young Children, Strategic Planning
