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Kingsley, Sherman C.; Dresslar, F. B. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1917
Open-air schools represent one of the latest developments in public-school organization. They came as the result of a desire for better conservation of the health of those children who, by reason of a tuberculous affection, poor nourishment, or other debilitating conditions, were unable to profit physically and mentally by the life and work of…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Communicable Diseases, Physical Health, Child Health
Small, Willard S. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
Effective physical education of the children of the elementary schools will always be conditioned largely upon the regular classroom teachers. Obviously physical education must have a large place in the preparation of teachers if they are to play well their part in the conservation of the physical resources of childhood. It must be recognized that…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Hygiene, State Legislation, Military Training
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Journal of School Health, 1997
Summarizes strategies most likely to be effective in promoting healthy eating among school-aged youths and provides nutrition education guidelines for a comprehensive school health program. The guidelines include recommendations on seven aspects of a school based program to promote healthy eating. (SM)
Descriptors: Comprehensive School Health Education, Curriculum Development, Dietetics, Eating Habits
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Raymond, Lisa Pesavento; And Others – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1992
A series of nine articles discusses how to meet the leisure needs of diverse populations, focusing on pluralism and gang prevention, children and AIDS, socialization for the homeless, homosexual youth, the unemployed, recovering alcoholics, adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, and Vietnam veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. (SM)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Alcoholism, Child Health, Cultural Pluralism
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Thomson, Rob; Langley, John – Journal of Community Psychology, 2004
Many victims of physical assaults do not report the assault to the police. In this study we examine whom these victims talked to and how satisfied they were with the help they received. A sample of 374 participants of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study (DMHDS) who had been assaulted in the preceding 12 months, were asked…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Victims of Crime, Emotional Experience, Physical Health
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Margellos-Anast, Helen; Hedding, Teri; Perlman, Toby; Miller, Linda; Rodgers, Raymond; Kivland, Lisa; DeGutis, Dorothea; Giloth, Barbara; Whitman, Steven – American Annals of the Deaf, 2005
There is limited information on how communication barriers impact on the health of deaf individuals. The present article describes the development of a standardized interview tool to collect health-related information from deaf adults via face-to-face interviews in American Sign Language (ASL). Questions were selected largely from existing…
Descriptors: Surveys, Deafness, Adults, Interviews
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Tyrrell, Maureen – Journal of School Nursing, 2005
School phobia is a serious disorder affecting up to 5% of elementary and middle school children. Long-term consequences include academic failure, diminished peer relationships, parental conflict, and development of additional psychiatric disorders. Hiding behind such common physical symptoms as headaches, stomachaches, and fatigue, school phobia…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Academic Failure, School Phobia, Fear
American National Red Cross, Washington, DC. – 1995
This Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) education curriculum was developed for boys and girls, ages 6 to 17 years. It is a supplement to a similar program, "SMART Moves," aimed at prevention of drug abuse and premature sexual activity. The Act SMART prevention team should consist of a staff…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Activity Units, Curriculum Guides, Educational Games
Chirikos, Thomas N.; Nestel, Gilbert – 1985
The interrelationship between the health status and work activity of older men plays a central role in at least three current controversies about the direction of public policy: whether the average health levels of older men have deteriorated, remained the same, or improved over the past 25 years; whether retirement status influences health…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Employment Patterns, Health, Health Needs
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Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. – 1986
Second in a series of state publications providing suggestions to school districts for serving limited-English-proficient (LEP) students, the handbook on school support services discusses several areas that may require special attention: working with parents of LEP students; staff development or in-service education; transfer of student records;…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Ancillary School Services, Asian Americans, Community Resources
Visiting Nurse Association of Omaha, NE. – 1980
This manual describes a classification system for classifying and recording client problems requiring nursing intervention and offers a plan for its implementation. Part 1 discusses the development of the method, described as an orderly arrangement of a nonexhaustive list of client problems diagnosed by nurses. Problems are divided into four…
Descriptors: Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Community Health Services, Computer Oriented Programs
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1977
This bibliography lists more than 3,000 materials, (films, books, pamphlets, audiovisual, multimedia packages, periodicals) dealing with parenting/parent education/parent involvement. The materials included are of particular interest to the general public and to practitioners in the area of parenting. Most materials listed are concerned with…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Birth, Child Abuse, Child Rearing
Zamani, Rahman, Ed.; Guralnick, Eva, Ed.; Kunitz, Judith Ed. – California Childcare Health Program, 2003
"Child Care Health Connections" is a bimonthly newsletter published by the California Childcare Health Program (CCHP), a community-based program of the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing. The goals of the newsletter are to promote and support a healthy and safe environment…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Health, Child Safety, Young Children
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (DHHS/CDC), Atlanta, GA. Adolescent and School Health Div. – 2000
This self-assessment and planning guide is intended to help schools identify the strengths and weaknesses of their health promotion policies and programs, develop an action plan for improving student health, and involve teachers, parents, students, and the community in improving school services. It focuses on physical activity and nutrition. After…
Descriptors: Comprehensive School Health Education, Counseling, Educational Environment, Elementary Education
Beaman, Florence N.; Hollingworth, Leta S.; Berry, Charles Scott; Kugler, Edna M.; Bryne, May E.; Moore, Thomas V.; Dickson, Virgil E.; Post, Meta Anderson; Greene, Ransom A.; Race, Henrietta V.; Hoff, Lillian M.; Schlotter, Bertha E.; Wygant, Alice W. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1936
This handbook is a cooperative project, the outcome of a conference called by the United States Office of Education to consider the problems of curriculum adjustment for mentally retarded children. The members of the conference are the joint authors of this bulletin. In October 1934, 13 leaders in the education of retarded children, working in…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Cognitive Development, Educational History, Curriculum Development
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