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Active Youth. Ideas for Implementing CDC Physical Activity Promotion Guidelines.

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Sammann, Patricia – 1998

This reference book provides 20 real-life examples of how to implement the "Guidelines for School and Community Programs to Promote Lifelong Physical Activity among Young People," developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The book also summarizes the CDC guidelines. Based on the recommendations from national…

Descriptors: Child Health, Community Programs, Comprehensive School Health Education, Elementary Secondary Education

African American Males. A Critical Link in the African American Family.

Jones, Dionne J., Ed. – 1994

African Americans are experiencing extreme stress in the United States, and African-American males appear to suffer the most. The chapters in this volume examine some of the issues confronting African-American men today. They include: (1) "Introduction" (Dionne J. Jones); (2) "Reaffirming Young African American Males: Mentoring and…

Descriptors: Blacks, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Disadvantaged Youth

Establishing Preventive Services. Healthy Children 2010. Issues in Children's and Families' Lives, Vol. 9. The John & Kelly Hartman Series.

Weissberg, Roger P., Ed.; Gullotta, Thomas P., Ed.; Hampton, Robert L., Ed.; Ryan, Bruce A., Ed.; Adams, Gerald R., Ed. – 1997

Young people are facing greater risks to their current and future health and social development, as shown by involvement of younger and younger children in risk-taking behaviors. This volume emphasizes developmentally and contextually appropriate prevention service delivery models and identifies state-of-the-art, empirically based strategies to…

Descriptors: Child Health, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs, Children

Health-Promoting and Health-Compromising Behaviors among Minority Adolescents.

Wilson, Dawn K., Ed.; Rodrigue, James R., Ed.; Taylor, Wendell C., Ed. – 1997

This book examines the importance of advocating healthy lifestyles among minority adolescents, who are at increased risk for particular health problems. The three central themes: highlight similarities and differences across diverse ethnic groups of adolescents while respecting their heterogeneity; emphasize innovative and culturally based…

Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Child Development, Community Programs