This paper presents a critical discourse analysis, situated within a broad Foucauldian framework, focusing on the construction of food and eating within the context of youth, schools and education, drawing on speeches, documents and public texts produced or sponsored by members of the UK Coalition Government (2010-2014). Michael Gove, the then…

In this webinar, Dr. Charles Basch, Richard March Hoe Professor of Health and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, presented the causal connections between health factors and the motivation and ability to learn. This Q&A addressed the questions participants had for Dr. Basch following the webinar. The webinar recording and…

This article presents a sampling of responses from state university health personnel in a 1970 survey on their use of codes and regulations for college health programs. (JA)

Provides an overview of the National Health Interview Survey and describes its potential in health promotion and disease prevention. Reports findings on smoking, alcohol consumption, and weight gain between 1983 and 1985. (RB)

The current thrust to improve health care should be secondary; the main objective should be disease prevention--this is the best solution to the crisis in health care. (JA)

Keynote address presented at the annual meeting of the American College Health Association, Chicago, April 1973. (Editors)

An essay on the status of health education in one state which illustrates some of the apparent inconsistencies in the health education process which we should recognize are not limited to one state alone. This report was presented to the Research Council of the 46th annual meeting of ASHA, San Diego, California, October 1972. (Author)

This statement advocates that schools accept responsibility for providing smoking education programs and practices consistent with current information. Teachers, as well as all other school personnel who share in the education of children and youth, also have a role in educating about smoking and health. (Author)

In this position paper of the American Public Health Association (APHA), emphasis is placed on the magnitude of the K-12 school community in both size and the duration of time individuals spend there and the subsequent need of good health education. The APHA states that it is concerned about the traditional crisis approach to health care, where…

With the proliferation of new health programs, such as Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO's) and Professional Service Review Organizations (PSRO's), the task of evaluating the impact of such programs on the health delivery systems and on the health of the American people becomes more urgent. Thus far no experimental or quasi-experimental…

The article points out that while the association of poverty and health defects is probably valid, the most important etiological factors are not primarily health, but rather are social, economic and political. Large scale programs are recommended to improve the quality of life. (Author)

This article touches upon industrial medicine's history and its start as primarily one of first aid and its development into a dynamic force for dealing with the entire individual and his wide range of problems. It discusses alcoholism programming and programs which may be developed for other substance abuse. (Author)

This article reports on a "live-in" research project conducted by the Health Education Program, College of Health, University of Utah, that will ultimately aid the planning of health education curriculum. (JA)