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Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1998
This educational kit includes a teacher's workbook, a student's workbook, 55 reproducible student handouts, and a 6-session, 60-minute videotape. The program complements the nutrition subject area of Ohio's Competency-Based Program in Health and Physical Education for grades 7-8. Activities are interdisciplinary and closely related to the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Comprehensive School Health Education, Eating Habits, Grade 7
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Schneider, Elsa; McNeely, Simon A. – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1951
"The school, as one of the significant agencies of the community, accepts its responsibilities for contributing to individual to individual, family, and community health. ...Classroom teachers in their daily contacts with boys and girls are the key persons in the school health program." These two sentences point up the theme of this bulletin. Four…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Health Programs, Public Health, Elementary Education
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1953
This bulletin is one of a series that tells how teachers, pupils, parents, and other citizens have worked together to improve the quality of education for the children of their communities. "How Children Use the Community for Learning" describes the work of a city school of 450 pupils with no regular supervision, the Garfield School of…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Educational Change, Physical Development, Educational Quality
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Trommsdorff, Gisela; And Others – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1979
Vocational or college-bound students responded to four futures orientation variables (personality, physical well-being, family, and occupation) along several dimensions, including hopes and fears, locus of control, and optimism. The same students took the same survey two years later. Age, sex, and educational status differences were noted. (CP)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Aspiration, Attitude Change
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Duitsman, Dalen – Journal of School Health, 1996
This article provides background information on heart transplantation in general, focusing on pediatric heart transplantation and offering suggestions for teachers regarding the unique concerns of students with heart transplants (exercise, physical appearance, immunosuppressive medications, transplant rejection, infection, and psychological…
Descriptors: Cardiovascular System, Child Health, Drug Therapy, Elementary School Students
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Jankowski, Stephen – Social Work, 1996
Reports findings of intensive, semistructured interviews with 11 confidants to persons with AIDS (PWAs). AIDS has a devastating impact on the social support networks of those most closely involved with PWAs. Numerous changes were observed in the confidants' supportive resources, network structure, and functioning. (Author/FC)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Caregiver Role, Caregivers, Counselor Client Relationship
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Dorman, Steve M. – Journal of School Health, 1997
Video and computer games have assumed a prominent role in the culture of U.S. children and adolescents. The paper examines the health effects of these games, suggests criteria upon which parents and teachers may evaluate the games, and notes some implications for health educators. (SM)
Descriptors: Child Health, Computer Games, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
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Santelli, John S.; And Others – Journal of School Health, 1992
Special edition discusses adolescent sexuality, focusing on pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and prevention. The articles focus on demographics, risk factors, school-based risk reduction programs, contraception, early intervention, options, school-based prenatal and postpartum care programs, teenage parenting, abortion, HIV and AIDS,…
Descriptors: Abortions, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Black Students
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Goldberg, Doris; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1992
A study of 162 third graders in New York City finds that slightly over half of children in special education are males with Medicaid coverage and mothers with medical conditions or adverse health habits at birth. Two-thirds of children with this combination were in special education. (SLD)
Descriptors: Black Youth, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
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Belgrave, Faye Z.; Randolph, Suzanne M. – Journal of Black Psychology, 1993
Articles in this special issue are devoted to psychosocial aspects of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) prevention in the African-American community. The core assumption is that the values, beliefs, and world views of people of African descent must be understood for AIDS prevention to be effective. (SLD)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Beliefs, Black Community, Blacks
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Farel, Anita M.; Hooper, Stephen R.; Teplin, Stuart W.; Henry, Marianna M.; Kraybill, Ernest N. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1998
Assessment at age seven of 17 very low birthweight (VLBW) children who had chronic lung disease (CLD) at birth and 28 VLBW children without CLD found that, although CLD did not appear to confer much added risk to health, it did seem to add significantly to risks for poor school performance that are known to be associated with very low…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Persons, Birth Weight, Child Development
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Vingilis, Evelyn; Wade, Terrance J.; Adlaf, Edward – Journal of Adolescence, 1998
Data from a randomly selected sample of 840 Ontario students were used to examine factors that affect self-rated physical health. Analyses focused on demographics, family structure, financial situation, child-parent relationship, school achievement, self-esteem, alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis use as factors which directly and indirectly influence…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Age Differences, Demography
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Future of Children, 1995
Examines what is known about immigrant children and families, and identifies relevant issues that warrant further research. Emerging themes include the need to address health care and education policies regarding immigrant children, the importance of understanding public concern over the costs of immigrants, and the value of looking at immigrant…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Needs, Educational Policy
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Weindling, Paul – Paedagogica Historica, 1997
Explores the efforts of the German public-health authorities to cleanse occupied areas of formerly Russian Poland of pathogenic hazards during the First World War. The program used sanitary measures and educational programs to encourage a more hygienic lifestyle. Originally sympathetic to the Jewish population, it grew increasingly anti-semitic.…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Anti Semitism, Communicable Diseases, Disease Control
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Loesch, Danuta Z.; Huggins, Richard M.; Hagerman, Randi J. – Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2004
Data on the relationships between cognitive and physical phenotypes, and a deficit of fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) gene-specific protein product, FMRP, are presented and discussed in context with earlier findings. The previously unpublished results obtained, using standard procedures of regression and correlations, showed highly…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Intelligence Quotient, Short Term Memory, Foreign Countries
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