This framework for developing improved curricula in health education will assist those who plan and develop comprehensive school health education programs. It contains (1) program criteria; (2) goals of school health education; (3) information on process/topic interaction including values clarification, decision making, and self- actualization; (4) a curriculum development format; (5) a sequence of processes and topics; (6) process concepts for kindergarten through grade 12; and (7) topic concepts for kindergarten through grade three, four through six, seven through nine, and ten through twelve. (RC)