This article explains the development and implementation of an educational program for pregnant adolescents in the state of Louisiana. (RC)

This paper compares the Health Hints approach, based on desirable behavioral outcomes with the Health Philosophy approach to health education. The Health Philosophy approach, if well taught, would help develop power of analysis and criticism in students. (JC)

Results of this study conducted at Arizona State University concerning the medical and social implications of Transcendental Meditation show that physiological parameters do significantly change during meditation. The implications of this study for education are also cited. (JC)

Stresses the importance of parenthood education for school-age parents as well as their classmates. (PB)

It was the intent of this study to determine if fear of negative reactions from the community was having a crippling effect on sex education programs in the state of Illinois and if public and Catholic administrators perceived the importance of sex education differently. (Author)

The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education offers a health education minor leading to certification as a teacher of health. (MM)

Dental health of preschool and school children will only be improved if the behavior of several target groups" (children, parents, school staffs and dental professionals), is modified by an educational program with explicit goals, defined in terms of actions, aimed at each of the target groups. Such programs offer unusual opportunities for that…

As a prerequisite to understanding Swedish views about sex education, some background knowledge and insight into Sweden's development as a country in rapid transition is reported. Impressions of Swedish sex education, methods and aids, are related. (BY)

The emergence of instructional television as an important and progressive force in the schools does indeed signal the advent of a new strategy in school health education. The National Instructional Television Center has begun the planning and development that should lead to a major television project in health education. (Author)

Points and suggestions that could be used in an instructional program about alcohol. Presented at the Session on Alcohol and the Adolescent, 14th Annual American Medical Association-American School Health Association Session on School Health, San Francisco, California, 1972. (JC)

The disadvantages of traditional classroom approaches are outlined, and, in contrast, the advantages of independent study are presented. The latter places more responsibility for learning upon the students, allowing them to seek information from numerous sources. (CJ)

This study indicated that the higher the priority the school nurse rated an activity, the more likely she was to carry out that function. This study also indicated the need for nursing educators to develop educational programs for school nurses. (Author)