This paper presents the Adults' Health and Developmental Program (AHDP), an established health program which could serve as a model to be emulated throughout the nation. The AHDP is located at the University of Maryland. It is inexpensive to operate, simple in design, health related, provides services to older adults, training for students…

This curriculum guide provides the teacher with a variety of suggestions intended to assist students in the seventh-, eighth-, and ninth-grades to develop proper attitudes regarding cancer and its prevention. In addition, learning experiences are suggested with the intent to teach students about the importance of early detection and treatment of…

This paper examines racial differences in life satisfaction for a national sample drawn from the 1973 social survey of the National Data Program for the Social Sciences conducted by the National Opinion Research Center. It is found that blacks were less satisfied with life than whites, although this phenomenon was found to be considerably less…

The relationships are examined fo a behavior syndrome called "Type A behavior," characterized by chronic and excessive struggle, competitiveness, ambition, and impatience, to certain work patterns and job characteristics among a group of 236 managers. (Author/MLF)

School health services work towards promoting and maintaining health of school-age children. An additional aspect of an effective program is to identify problems and manage or follow these problems to resolution. Resolution rates of health problems identified in students by primary care, physical examination, or screenings are examined. (Author/DF)

Professional and governmental enterprises in health promotion are based on serious conceptual, operational, and ethical flaws. Proposes an approach to health promotion intervention emphasizing the following: (1) protecting the public interest; (2) assuring equal access to a health-promoting life; and (3) giving primacy to "non-health"…

The results of a study to determine whether health behavior contracting was effective in changing health styles among 190 college freshmen are reported. Methodology is described. (JL)

Claims elderly suicides are more frequent, and more likely to be multifactorial, including loneliness, isolation, depression, somatic illnesses, having suffered numerous losses, and injuries to the self-esteem (concerns regarding emptiness, uselessness, and body image). Aggressive impulses previously neutralized by work and social life now break…

To counteract influences which encourage children and adolescents to smoke, schools can provide smoking prevention and cessation education and a supportive nonsmoking environment. This article suggests resources to develop such programs through student education, school and district policy, and/or governmental regulation. (Author/JL)

An elective course focusing on exercise physiology and cardiovascular fitness offered at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine consists of weekly lectures and student self-designed fitness programs. Student participation correlates with significantly increased levels of student maximum oxygen consumption, a moderate training effect.…

A random sample of 222 Navajo fifth graders from the Navajo Reservation were selected from eight schools and given an extensive battery of tests to determine intelligence, academic achievement, physical health, and environmental conditions. Results produced an average Navajo learning profile to which other Reservation Navajo students can be…

Describes a program model, Medical Foster Care, which uses registered nurses as foster parents who work closely with biological parents of abused and neglected children with acute health problems. The program reunites families, improves parenting skills, and saves money in long-term hospitalization. (Author/BB)

Focuses on the linkage between social support and social networks and health educational programs that involve interventions at the network and community level. Addresses programs enhancing entire networks through natural helpers; and programs strengthening overlapping networks/communities through key opinion and informal leaders who are engaged…

Under federal regulation, all friable asbestos must be removed from buildings before undertaking major renovation or demolition. The American Council on Education is filing a national voluntary class action suit to recover from asbestos manufacturers the costs of removing asbestos-containing materials. (MLW)

This investigation surveyed 1268 high school females to identify and compare students for bulimic behavior. Approximately five percent of the students met rigorous criteria for the diagnosis of bulimia. Between-group comparisons indicated that body dissatifaction, drive for thinness, and chronicity of dieting differentiated the two groups.…