This collection of speeches, papers, and essays divides into three sections: "Some Challenges Accepted,""School Health Education," and "Physical Education." The section on school health discusses such topics as: the school as a force for health; philosophy and principles of school health programs; health as…

Patient education helps individuals accept and maintain the responsibility for their own health. The article recounts the history of patient education, discusses its key concepts, explains its importance, gives a model for the seventies, outlines patient rights, and considers issues of cost. Instructional methods and settings are described. (AJ)

Discusses the results of a Canadian Education Association sponsored project--the Student Health and Health Education Survey--which pertain primarily to school health education and which were collected from 200 school systems that provided information on current health practices in Canadian schools. (Author/RK)

An advanced training program for graduate students in health education who wish to become school-community health coordinators is described. (JD)

School health programs can be relevant and informative but students must be involved in their planning and curriculums must be periodically reviewed. Provides additional guides for developing an effective school health program. (RK)

This article describes some of the promising national and local efforts addressing particular facets of health education. The author notes that none of these programs can stand alone as comprehensive. Principals and teachers must be prepared to create a curriculum appropriate for their particular school. (Author/DS)

A "free" comprehensive health assessment pilot study was conducted in an elementary school district in northern New Hampshire to improve the quality of the school health examination, introduce continuity of the medical record, and involve students in the health care delivery system. (SK)

This article presents an overview of the current state of public health services in the schools and communities in the United States. (JD)

New, attractive health programs are needed to meet practical health needs in the community with positive results. (JD)

The number of poor elderly Blacks and the cost of health care are increasing. Even with Medicare there are out of pocket expenses for those who are least able to pay. Since racial bias may be a factor in triage, the best approach to reducing medical costs is prevention. (VM)

"In Control: A Home Video Freedom from Smoking Program" was sent to 101 participants. Of 53 completing self-treatment, 31 were verified as abstinent one month after completion. Of those completing treatment, 40 percent had not smoked three months prior to 12-month follow-up, and 30 percent had been abstinent during the past 11 months.…

Examines what is being done and what more must be done in terms of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) testing, screening, counseling. Discusses education about AIDS for young people in juvenile detention centers, penal institutions, and residential rehabilitation programs. Dade County Juvenile Detention Center (Florida) exemplifies…

Fifty heads of household in a progressive urban area and 50 in a nonprogressive urban area were interviewed in a study concerned with analyzing the problems of adults and ways to solve the problems. Ways adult educators could help with these problems are suggested. (CT)

Describes a pilot program designed to prepare models for health promotion and disease prevention through participation in a planned program for the expressed purpose of affecting improvement in the health and health promotion acuity of laboratory professionals, with a plan to expand the concept for use by other hospital employees, and the…

For 30 years, the Academy for Educational Development (AED) has worked to support African development. In Uganda, Tanzania, and Botswana AED promoted some of Africa's first AIDS prevention programs. AED is funding research in Ethiopia, Tanzania, and perhaps Zambia that will target stigma and its role in AIDS prevention. Working with governments…