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Download full textPeace Corps, Washington, DC. Information Collection and Exchange Div. – 1981
This book contains various aids for Peace Corps home extension volunteers. Section I, "Culture Resource Material," contains four articles by Paul Benjamin: (1) "Values in American Culture"; (2) "The Cultural Context of Health Education"; (3) "Problems of Introducing Public Health Programs in 'Underdeveloped…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Community Education, Community Involvement, Community Role
Wechsler, Harold, Ed. – Higher Education Advocate, 1987
Information about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is presented to alert National Education Association educators to behaviors that place people at risk for AIDS. The material was prepared by the Public Health Service. Topics include: sexual transmission, transmission from injected blood, transmission during pregnancy, groups at greatest…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Disease Control, Disease Incidence, Health Education
Clark, Duncan W., Ed. – 1976
The monograph is one of the Fogarty International Center Series on the Teaching of Preventive Medicine, undertaken to: (1) review and evaluate the state of the art of prevention and control of human diseases; (2) identify deficiences in knowledge requiring further research (including analysis of financial resources, preventive techniques, and…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Curriculum, Demography, Disease Control
Means, Richard K., Ed. – 1977
This curriculum guide for health education from kindergarten through high school contains course objectives, content outlines, resource suggestions, and classroom activities appropriate for each grade level. The following units of study are included: 1) consumer health, 2) dental health, 3) environmental health, 4) family health, 5) mental health,…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Dental Health, Disease Control, Drug Education
Dippo, Jeanette, Ed. – 1975
Grades or Ages: Grades 7-9. Subject Matter: Health Education (includes chapters covering the following: (a) nutrition, (b) sensory perception, (c) dental health, (d) disease prevention and control, (e) smoking and health, (f) alcohol education, (g) use and misuse of chemical substances, (h) identity and human sexuality, (i) environmental health,…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Curriculum Guides, Dental Health, Disease Control
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Secondary Curriculum Development. – 1970
This health curriculum guide, intended for use with grades seven through nine, places considerable emphasis on the understanding that current knowledge of disease prevention has an impact on the incidence of prevalence of communicable diseases. The contents of the guide are presented in outline form and cover historical development of man's…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Curriculum Guides, Disease Control, Diseases
Peer reviewedJournal of the American College Health Association, 1977
Descriptors: College Students, Disease Control, Health Education, Health Programs
Peer reviewedGross, Thomas P.; Rosenberg, Mark L. – American Journal of Public Health, 1987
Reports on a study of various aspects of communicable disease occurrence (focusing on diarrheal illness) in shelters for battered women and their children, the extent and methods of screening for disease, training of staff in health care principles, resources available for health care needs, and the health regulations governing these shelters. (PS)
Descriptors: Battered Women, Communicable Diseases, Disease Control, Disease Incidence
Peer reviewedKoop, C. Everett – Issues in Science and Technology, 1987
Calls for more education as the immediate preventative measure against acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Discusses the known ways that AIDS is transmitted and cautions that many innocent people may also contract the disease. Promotes the presentation of accurate and personally sensitive information to children. (TW)
Descriptors: Disease Control, Disease Incidence, Educational Cooperation, Epidemiology
Peer reviewedMolinari, John; Gray, Carolyn F. – Journal of Dental Education, 1988
The American Association of Dental Schools' task force on acquired immune deficiency syndrome and dental education recommends that educational strategies stress the necessity for routine infection control procedures in treatment, enhancing the health professionals' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors concerning all aspects of disease prevention.…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Attitudes, Communicable Diseases, Dental Schools
Peer reviewedRaper, Jim; Aldridge, Jerry – Childhood Education, 1988
Provides answers to commonly asked question about AIDS as it relates to educational settings: What is AIDS? How can children acquire AIDS? What are most common medical problems of children with AIDS? Should children with AIDS be allowed to attend day care or school? What provisions should be made for the teacher, the child with AIDS, and…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Administrator Guides, Children, Communicable Diseases
Wheeler, David L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1986
An interagency committee recommends more university and industry involvement in efforts to stop the spread of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and find a cure, and encourages increased federal funding and assurances that funding will be ongoing for both basic biological and AIDS research. (MSE)
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Communicable Diseases, Disease Control, Facility Requirements
McCormick, Kathleen – American School Board Journal, 1987
Educators are increasingly responsible for teaching students about the deadly AIDS virus. This article discusses curricular approaches for certain age groups, summarizes progress in various communities, and provides blunt facts for decision-makers, an AIDS resource list with addresses, and an urgent plea from the Center for Disease Control. (MLH)
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Boards of Education, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Curriculum Guides
Fredericks, Beth; And Others – Child Care Information Exchange, 1986
Examines the problems and issues associated with programs which care for sick children. (HOD)
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Day Care, Disease Control, Diseases
Montana Office of Public Instruction, 2005
The 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) report is a continuation of the surveillance and reporting system for adolescent risk behaviors developed by the Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The purpose of the YRBS is…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Health Behavior, Social Problems, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
