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National School Boards Association, Alexandria, VA. – 1989
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection first and foremost is a medical problem, but it entails a host of other problems--social, moral, ethical, legal, and fiscal--with numerous and complex implications for the entire community, including schools. Public health officials stress that the combined efforts of federal and state governments,…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, At Risk Persons, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification
Center for Occupational Research and Development, Inc., Waco, TX. – 1981
This student module on industrial sanitation and personal facilities is one of 50 modules concerned with job safety and health. This module deals wth many facets of industrial sanitation and the facilities industries should provide so that proper health procedures may be followed. Following the introduction, 14 objectives (each keyed to a page in…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Disease Control, Equipment Utilization, Food Handling Facilities
Wendling, Robert C., Ed. – 1981
An overview of outdoor education, to illustrate its relevance to all subject matter, was presented during a 1-day workshop for public school teachers of Hyde County, North Carolina, by speakers representing resource management agencies, public schools and universities, and environmental organizations. It was suggested that to fully understand the…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Disease Control, Ecological Factors, Elementary Secondary Education
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1975
These instructor materials and student texts, study guides, and workbooks for a postsecondary-level course to train veterinary specialists are one of a number of military-developed curriculum packages selected for adaptation to vocational instruction and curriculum development in a civilian setting. It is the second half of a two-part course (see…
Descriptors: Animal Husbandry, Behavioral Objectives, Birds, Course Descriptions
Keller, Jean A. – 2002
As one of the last nonreservation boarding schools built for American Indian students in the United States, Sherman Institute (Riverside, California) benefited from lessons learned about student health from earlier boarding schools. Excessive student morbidity and mortality at early boarding schools had resulted in a lasting perception of these…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Students, Boarding Schools, Building Design
Thomson, Beth, Ed. – 1994
This guide provides explanations of control methods for infection and diseases in child care with an emphasis on prevention and health. The guide consists of two parts. The first part covers the following topics on preventing illness in children: how infections spread; handwashing; separation into age groups; nappy changing and toileting; cleaning…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Health, Cleaning, Communicable Diseases
Ottenritter, Nan – American Association of Community Colleges (NJ1), 2002
The national Bridges to Healthy Communities project of the American Association of Community College's (AACC) helps provide education and information programs to prevent HIV infection and other serious health problems in youth and students. In 1996 and 2000, AACC conducted national surveys concerning administration and leadership, curricular and…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Health Services, Stress Management, Disease Control
Ramler, Malia; Rice, Sandy – Texas Child Care, 1997
Notes that successful inclusion of children with chronic conditions in child-care facilities requires planning and care. Outlines what chronic conditions are and what they mean for the child and his or her family, the importance of working with the family to create a family-centered program, and individualizing a program to meet a child's needs.…
Descriptors: Child Health, Chronic Illness, Day Care Centers, Disease Control
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Greenberg, Michael R. – Environmentalist, 1988
Presented are the results of a survey of 18 to 34 year-old Americans regarding at-risk behaviors. Compares results to educational achievement. Predicts a widening gap between educated and non-educated Americans in terms of health related problems. (CW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Disease Control
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Parsons, Jeffrey T.; Bimbi, David S.; Koken, Juline A.; Halkitis, Perry N. – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2005
This exploratory investigation examined the relationship between childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and related psychosocial characteristics and sexual behaviors among 46 gay/bisexual male escorts who advertise via the Internet. More than a quarter of men (28.3%) reported some history of CSA. Men reporting CSA were more likely to be from an ethnic…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Sexual Abuse, Children, Homosexuality
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Ahmed, Nazeema; Flisher, Alan J.; Mathews, Catherine; Jansen, Shahieda; Mukoma, Wanjiru; Schaalma, Herman – Health Education Research, 2006
This paper provides a process evaluation of a 6-day teacher training programme which forms part of a sexuality education project. The training aimed at providing teachers with the necessary knowledge and skills to effectively teach a 16-lesson Grade 8 (14 year olds) life skills curriculum consisting of participatory exercises on sexual…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Disease Control, Substance Abuse, Violence
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. – 1990
This application of Virginia's Standards of Learning Objectives establishes a framework for health education and driver education instruction in the public schools to help students acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for success in school and for a productive life in the years beyond. The standards, which were developed and…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Communicable Diseases, Disease Control, Driver Education
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC. – 1995
The wars that began in 1991 in the countries of the former Yugoslavia caused widespread child suffering. This workshop report presents the findings from the Workshop on the Impact of War on Child Health held for doctors from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia. The workshop's goal was to address the common interest in the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Health, Child Welfare, Children
Byrom, Elizabeth, Ed.; Katz, Ginger, Ed. – 1991
This guide was developed out of a 5-year project aimed at preventing the transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) by promoting HIV prevention and AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) education in school health programs. This document includes recommendations of a January, 1989 forum which addressed HIV prevention education for…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, At Risk Persons, Communicable Diseases, Curriculum Development
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1992
This curriculum guide encourages students to learn behaviors that will reduce the potential for HIV infection when confronted with choices at a later age. The curriculum is designed for integration within a comprehensive program of school health education (lessons on communicable disease, including HIV, can be integrated at the preschool through…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Communicable Diseases, Decision Making Skills, Disease Control
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