The report deals with junior high curriculum suggestions for teaching physical health. The publication contains three sections: (1) promotion and maintenance of health, (2) measurement and evaluation of health status, and (3) the health of American people. Also discussed is the heart and circulation. Pupil objectives are enumerated and a health…

The workshop was attended by 72 participants representing a variety of health agencies. The disciplines they represented included medicine; nursing, hospital, and public health; psychology; nutrition and dietetics; social work; rehabilitation; occupational, physical, and speech therapy; volunteer and juvenile service work; counseling; training;…

This book on health education in the elementary school is designed for the teacher who is in a unique position to make a significant contribution to the health of school children. The early chapters deal briefly with the general topic of school health and the health status of the child; they are included so that the elementary school teacher can…

This conference report contains a list of conference participants, conference schedule, keynote speeches, excerpts from selected workshops, and participants' responses to a conference evaluation questionnaire. The Director of the Bureau of Child Health in New York City emphasized in her keynote speech the importance of health care and outlined two…

This publication consists of papers presented at the 1969 Annual Institute for Public Health Social Workers. The theme of the institute focused on family planning in the context of maternal and child health services, on examples of social work practice in family planning, and on the educational needs of social workers as related to this practice.…

This conference discussed the future plans for each state and how they would affect the focus of the smoking education project. The types of activities that worked or failed in implementing the project were reported by the state chairmen. They ranged from state, regional, and local workshops to small-group meetings. Some workshops combined the…

This report details the programs and activities of the Department of Health Services of the Denver Public Schools, 1972-73. The first section, New Projects and Special Activities of the Department, presents health programs initiated in elementary and secondary schools and among adult employees. The development of a joint plan to give community…

This publication from the Division of Health Services in the Denver Public Schools details new projects initiated in 1970-71. Some of these projects include a) extension of dental care in kindergarten through seventh grade and among pupils in the Neighborhood Youth Corps, b) initiation of rubella immunization centers in the elementary schools, c)…

In this study of the current state of evaluation of health programs, which emphasizes the relationship between health status and poverty, four health programs are examined: Family Planning, Neighborhood Health Centers, Migrant Health Programs, and Comprehensive Health Services for Children and Youth. The study shows that the current health…

The purpose of this study was to compare the coronary heart disease (CHD) probability estimates of a group of sedentary males involved in an exercise stress test program from 1968 through 1974 with those of a comparison group of sedentary males not involved in the program. The program was designed to evaluate cardiopulmonary function and improve…

The safety and health mandate of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 is examined in reference to its effectiveness in reducing injuries and its consistency with the goal of promoting general welfare. Chapter 1 describes the essential features of the act and its administration to date, and analyzes the mandate as revealed by legislative…

This Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) directory catalogues the Federal, State, local, and private decentralized professional health education programs initiated in direct response to the recommendations of the 1970 "Carnegie Commission Report of Higher Education and the Nation's Health." The introductory section briefly presents the…

This issue is devoted to a report of the proceedings of the Fifty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the American College Health Association. Abstracts of scientific programs instituted by the Association are included. (JD)

Discusses the flaws in nutrition education as presented by the National Dairy Council (NDC). Those discussed include the presentation of diets that contain high amounts of sugar and cholesterol and the failure to connect diet to heart disease. Suggests ways of monitoring these materials in the schools. (MA)

A model for the evaluation of patient education programs is proposed. (MM)