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Peer reviewedHarkavy, Ira; Romer, Daniel – Liberal Education, 1999
Raises concerns about effectiveness of service learning efforts to engage students in community problems as part of an integrated curriculum. Suggests the HIV epidemic as a situation requiring the diverse resources of modern colleges and universities and proposes partnerships with local communities to address the problem. Programs at the…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Integrated Curriculum
Peer reviewedWoodside, Jane Harris – Now & Then, 2000
In rural Madison County (North Carolina), a project to plan community health services began with 40 community "listening sessions" in which local people discussed health needs and problems. These sessions led to a community coalition that actively cooperates with health professionals in planning health services and trainings,…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Health Services, Community Involvement, Cooperative Planning
Peer reviewedSchieber, Richard A.; Gilchrist, Julie; Sleet, David A. – Future of Children, 2000
Describes six legislative efforts to point out pros and cons of the legislative approach to promoting child safety. Three efforts are intended to prevent injury-producing events from occurring. Three others illustrate the value of laws designed to prevent injuries once an injury-producing event occurs. Offers recommendations for maximizing the…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Accidents, Child Health, Federal Legislation
Peer reviewedGarcia, Clersida; Garcia, Luis; Floyd, Jerald; Lawson, John – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2002
Discusses how movement programs can help young children develop fundamental movement patterns and healthy, active lifestyles while learning cognitive and psychosocial concepts, noting misconceptions about early physical activity and motor skill development, describing specific approaches for promoting physical activity, and explaining that…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Health Promotion, Life Style, Movement Education
Peer reviewedGadomski, Anne M.; Tripp, Maria; Wolff, Debra A.; Lewis, Carol; Jenkins, Paul – Journal of Rural Health, 2001
A 7-month public health information campaign used radio advertising, mass media articles, mailings, and posters to address attitudes and behavioral intentions toward domestic violence in a rural county. The campaign raised public awareness, particularly among men; increased stated intentions to intervene in a neighbor's domestic violence; and…
Descriptors: Advertising, Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Family Violence
Peer reviewedSagrestano, Lynda M.; Heiss-Wendt, Renate M.; Mizan, Ainon N.; Kittleson, Mark J.; Sarvela, Paul D. – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2001
Identified the best methods of reaching people at high risk with HIV-prevention messages. Data from men who had sex with men, injection drug users, sex workers, HIV-positive people, heterosexuals, migrant workers, and perinatal women indicated that over 70 percent were exposed to HIV-prevention messages, though sources of exposure varied by risk…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, At Risk Persons, Health Behavior, Health Promotion
Peer reviewedNess, Jose; Cirillo, Dominic J.; Weir, David R.; Nisly, Nicole L.; Wallace, Robert B. – Gerontologist, 2005
Purpose: The correlates of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) utilization among elders have not been fully investigated. This study was designed to identify such correlates in a large sample of older adults, thus generating new data relevant to consumer education, medical training, and health practice and policy. Design and Methods: A…
Descriptors: Patients, Consumer Education, Public Health, Medicine
Direct linkGee, Ellen Margaret Thomas; Kobayashi, Karen M.; Prus, Steven G. – Canadian Journal on Aging, 2004
Recent studies have established that a healthy immigrant effect operates in Canada--immigrants are generally healthier than Canadian-born persons--but that this effect tends to diminish over time, as the health of immigrants converges to the Canadian norm. Although this effect has been examined by place of birth, language, marital status,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Public Health, Mental Health
Yadrick, Kathleen – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2005
Individuals are bombarded every day with data on obesity and its health consequences, with information on weight loss treatments and their successes and failures, and with tips on how to reduce caloric intake and increase physical activity. Obesity has become a global epidemic, termed globesity (World Health Organization, 2003), and seen by many…
Descriptors: Public Health, Life Style, Physical Activity Level, Eating Habits
Murphy, Ellen P.; Holston, Denise; Tuuri, Georgianna – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2005
In Louisiana, it is estimated that almost 33% of school-age children are at risk for becoming overweight or are already overweight (Louisiana Office of Public Health, 2004). Studies have shown that poor nutrition, physical inactivity, and weight problems often associated with being overweight adversely affect academic performance in school…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Public Health, Physical Activities, Obesity
Morrow, James R., Jr.; Krzewinski-Malone, Jeanette A.; Jackson, Allen W.; Bungum, Timothy J.; FitzGerald, Shannon J. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2004
Physical inactivity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, stroke, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, and some cancers. Approximately 950,000 Americans die annually from cardiovascular diseases. The purpose of this study was to determine whether American adults know which traditional and lifestyle physical activities affect…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Physical Fitness, Individual Characteristics
Huba, G. J.; Panter, A. T.; Melchior, Lisa A.; Trevithick, Lee; Woods, Elizabeth R.; Wright, Eric; Feudo, Rudy; Tierney, Steven; Schneir, Arlene; Tenner, Adam; Remafedi, Gary; Greenberg, Brian; Sturdevant, Marsha; Goodman, Elizabeth; Hodgins, Antigone; Wallace, Michael; Brady, Russell E.; Singer, Barney; Marconi, Katherine – Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2003
This article examines the structure of several HIV risk behaviors in an ethnically and geographically diverse sample of 8,251 clients from 10 innovative demonstration projects intended for adolescents living with, or at risk for, HIV. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses identified 2 risk factors for men (sexual intercourse with men and a…
Descriptors: Health Programs, Substance Abuse, Structural Equation Models, Risk
Hey, William T.; Temple, Mark A.; Hey, Donna B. – TechTrends: Linking Research & Practice to Improve Learning, 2004
In the simplest of terms, the Internet is a tool for communication from one computer to another (Gray & Cao, 2000; Saha, 1998). When thought of as a tool, the usefulness of this network of networks becomes apparent. It allows quick, economical communication of information to individuals and large groups of people connected to the internet. It also…
Descriptors: Health Education, Internet, Teaching Methods, Computer Mediated Communication
Yaussi, Sarah C. – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2005
As the obesity epidemic gains a stronger foothold in today's society--as evidenced by the recently revamped U.S. dietary guidelines--it is clear that young people are not adequately educated on the necessity of physical activity and good nutrition in their daily lives. The reality is that these students' families are not adequately educating them…
Descriptors: Teacher Responsibility, Nutrition Instruction, Health Promotion, Obesity
Peer reviewedEndacott, Jason – Social Studies, 2005
Proving history's relevance to students is a daunting task that social studies educators face everyday as they create lesson plans that they hope will spark their students' interest in learning about the past. Few educators would argue that demonstrating the relevance of the objectives toward which they are teaching is an unnecessary duty. Perhaps…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Relevance (Education), Social Studies, Curriculum Development
