Health Start is being carried out to develop ways of coordinating health resources and to extend Head Start-type health services to a greater number of poor pre-school children. (Author/CB)

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)

This article relates the sickle cell education program, the personnel training and the screening procedures of a pilot sickle cell screening program by the Prince George's County Health Department. (JA)

The purposes of this study were: (1) to determine the attitudes held by parents of different social class groups toward the health services provided by the Albuquerque Public Schools, and (2) to find out what differences existed among the attitudes held by parents in three social class groups concerning these health services. (Author)

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)

Unless application of nursing skills in the educational setting enhances or promotes learning, justification for retaining the traditional school nurse is questionable. This study was designed to demonstrate application of specific nursing skills for the identification of health problems in school children and the degree of relationship between…

The author contends that all educators must share in making health education more meaningful and relevant to the youngsters they serve. (Author)

Results of a questionnaire concerning factual knowledge of attitudes toward, and experience with a variety of drugs are reported. It was concluded that marihuana and other drugs are readily available to secondary school students, and widespread experimentation exists; however, a strict dichotomy exists between marihuana and other drugs. (Author/BY)

The authors describe a program which sought to involve youth in seeking a solution to the smoking problem. (Author)

This paper presents some suggestions for dealing with the problem of adequately utilizing the educational resources available in preparing students to cope with the problems they will face in a drug oriented society. (Author)

On the basis of the findings it was concluded that faculty members need to develop a more accurate awareness of students' perceptions of health problems; there is a common core of health understandings that exist between boys and girls; health education needs to focus on the health problems of students. (Author/BY)

School information program helps students handle drugs and smoking. (Author)