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A Comparison of Peer Educator, Media, and Screening Only Approaches in Reducing Cardiovascular Risk among Corrections Personnel.
Fridinger, Frederick W.; Vincent, Murray L. – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1989
Findings are reported from a study conducted to design, implement, and evaluate the effects of a cardiovascular screening and educational training program aimed at reducing heart disease risk factors of corrections personnel. Inclusion of peer educator/advocate intervention significantly affected the incidence of certain risk factors. (IAH)
Descriptors: Adults, Cardiovascular System, Correctional Institutions, Health Promotion
Group Counseling and the Promotion of Mental Health.
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Carty, Laurie – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1993
Notes that community mental health programs are an expanding force in the promotion of mental health and that this has implications for the roles of counselors who are becoming more involved in consultation, training and education of volunteers, and program planning and evaluation. Describes community group counseling health promotion program for…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Counselor Role, Foreign Countries, Group Counseling
Multiple Risk Factor Intervention in the Delivery of Primary Health Care to the Elderly: Lessons from Community-Based Programs.
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Kligman, Evan W. – 1989
Within the past decade the role of the primary care physician caring for older patients has expanded to include counseling and "healthy aging" education to reduce multiple behavior risk factors. Project AGE WELL was a longitudinal study of the impact of a comprehensive and team delivered health promotion program on the health status of the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Delivery Systems, Health Programs, Health Promotion
Community Health Representatives: A Valuable Resource for Providing Coronary Heart Disease Health Education Activities for Native Americans.
Cleaver, Vicki L. – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1989
This article addresses select health issues of Native Americans, emphasizing coronary heart disease (CHD). The link between lifestyle and CHD is discussed. CHD risk data from a study of 67 Community Health Representatives is presented, and the role these paraprofessionals can play in health education among Native Americans is discussed. (IAH)
Descriptors: Adults, American Indians, Cardiovascular System, Health Education
Tobacco Use Prevention and Health Facilitator Effectiveness.
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Young, Russell L.; And Others – Journal of School Health, 1988
Results are presented from a study of Project SHOUT, a tobacco-use prevention program which targets sixth and seventh graders. Distinguished from similar programs by its use of college students rather than peer or teacher leaders, Project SHOUT serves as a pilot for a generic tobacco-use prevention program. (IAH)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Education, Health Education
Mobilization and Educational Strategies in a Model Community Cholesterol Education Program.
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Weston, R. Eric; And Others – Health Values: The Journal of Health Behavior, Education & Promotion, 1992
Describes the culturally sophisticated community mobilization and educational strategies used to develop, implement, and evaluate a cholesterol education, screening, and referral intervention that effectively elicited the participation of underserved African Americans traditionally unresponsive to such efforts. The paper presents recommendations…
Descriptors: Adults, Blacks, Community Education, Community Health Services
Teen Incentives Program: Evaluation of a Health Promotion Model for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention.
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Smith, Marcia A. Bayne – Journal of Health Education, 1994
Effectiveness of a three-phase program to provide inner-city high school freshmen with skills to enhance self-perception and exercise greater control over their lives (particularly sexual behavior) was tested. Pretesting and posttesting indicated a significant decrease in frequency of sexual activity and increase in contraception use by program…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Contraception, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Parenthood
School Health Programs in Australia - A Special Insert.
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Nader, Philip R.; Rissel, Chris; Rowling, Louise; Marshall, Bernard J.; Sheehan, Margaret M.; Northfield, Jeff R.; Maher, Shelley; Carlisle, Rachel; St. Leger, Lawrence H.; Stewart, Donald E.; Parker, Elizabeth; Gillespie, Amaya; Stokes, Helen; Mukherjee, Dev; Nutbeam, Don; Mitchell, Anne; Ollis, Debbie; Watson, Jan – Journal of School Health, 2000
Eight papers on Australia's school health programs discuss: creating health promoting schools in the United States; intersectoral collaboration for developing a national framework for health promoting schools; school-based health promotion nationwide; auditing health promoting schools policy documentation; the nature of health service/school…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Health, Comprehensive School Health Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Lessons from the Classroom: Elements of Promising School-Based HIV Education Programs and Recommendations for State Education Agencies.
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Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, DC. Resource Center on Educational Equity. – 1992
In 1987, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) initiated a Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Education Project to enhance the capacity of state education agencies to assist local education agencies and schools in implementing effective HIV education within a framework of a comprehensive school health program. This publication, the…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Classrooms, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education