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Ellickson, Phyllis L.; McGuigan, Kimberly A. – RAND Corporation, 2005
The nation's youth are increasingly affected by violence, both as its perpetrators and as its victims. Many violence prevention programs aim to reverse this trend, but few have been rigorously evaluated, and even fewer have been shown to work. To devise better programs, researchers need more information. To that end, RAND researchers identified…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Violence, Prevention, Public Health
Longo, Paul J.; Donahue, Veronica – 1997
A study was undertaken to identify and describe some of the obstacles, especially sociolinguistic, that stand between Hispanic communities in rural Nelson County, Virginia and appropriate health care, so the barriers can be minimized through provision of culturally sensitive outreach services and health-literacy programming. The target population…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Communication Problems, Community Health Services, Cultural Context
Peace Corps, Washington, DC. Information Collection and Exchange Div. – 1999
This manual was designed to be used as part of the pre-service training technical curriculum for Peace Corps health programs. The topics in the manual were selected from a needs assessment of Peace Corps personnel around the world. The manual consists of five parts and an introduction, the Trainer's Guide, which contains an overview of the manual…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Child Health, Course Content

Health Resources and Services Administration (DHHS), Rockville, MD. Office of Rural Health Policy. – 1993
Rural Health Outreach is a federal program of demonstration grants designed to encourage organizations to cooperate in delivering health care services to rural Americans. Thirteen programs utilizing innovative collaborations between state agencies, schools, nonprofit organizations, hospitals, volunteers, and the private sector are described a year…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Agency Cooperation, Allied Health Occupations Education, Child Health
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC. – 2001
This student manual comprises the United States Environmental Protection Agency's model renovation training course designed for renovation, remodeling, and painting contractors. It provides information regarding the containment, minimization, and cleanup of lead hazards during activities that disturb lead painted surfaces. Introductory material…
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Building Trades, Environmental Standards, Facility Improvement
Russell, Todd T.; Craddock, Christopher S. – Online Submission, 2003
Millions of Americans suffer from chronic physical illness. The U.S.-Mexico border region has significantly higher rates of infectious and communicable diseases than other areas of the nation. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of a comprehensive culturally relevant health risk prevention program on Hispanic youth and their…
Descriptors: Chronic Illness, At Risk Persons, Prevention, Hispanic Americans
Lombard, Ellen C. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1935
The experiences of parents at home with their children have educational value when the experiences are backed up by understanding of what happens every day, by sound principles in approaching home problems, and by knowledge of good techniques of training children. The purposes of parent education work are to furnish parents with sound principles…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Parent Education, Parenting Styles, Leadership Training
Lloyd, John H., Ed. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1955
This document contains the October 1953 through June 1954 issues of "School Life," a monthly publication of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Office of Education. The journal issues cover a variety of topics across education sectors, record numbers of school-aged youth, national school physical-plant needs, school and…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Education, Foreign Countries
Lloyd, John H., Ed. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1957
This document contains the October 1954 through June 1955 issues of "School Life," a monthly publication of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Office of Education. The journal issues cover a variety of topics across education sectors, the White House Conference on Education, school enrollment, school physical-plant…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Education, Foreign Countries

Journal of Dental Education, 1980
Policy statements and position papers adopted by the American Association of Dental Schools are presented. They cover peer review, freedoms and responsibilities of individuals and institutions, national health programs, interdisciplinary education, and use of ionizing radiation. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Accreditation (Institutions), Admission (School), Allied Health Occupations Education

Porter, Wm. Lane; Fidler, David P. – Update on Law-Related Education, 1997
Advocates establishing programs to educate the public about the growing threat of communicable diseases and to promote effective strategies. Utilizes recent successes and failures to formulate those strategies. Profiles three recent infectious disease outbreaks that illustrate some of the current problems. Identifies four ways that lawyers can…
Descriptors: Civics, Communicable Diseases, Disease Control, Epidemiology

Howe, Kenneth R. – Journal of Moral Education, 1990
Investigates Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) education in public schools, arguing that preoccupation with sex education masks several problems associated with AIDS education. Contends that moral-political educational issues are renewed by the AIDS problem. Identifies liberal and conservative positions on AIDS education, showing their…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Conservatism, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Keller, Bess – Education Week, 2005
In Kenya alone, where the infection rate is estimated to have reached 13 percent of the population, 27,000 teachers will die and more than 2 million children will lose one or both parents to AIDS in the next five years. The Kenyan project uses "study circles," in which teachers learn together about HIV, script new sexual behaviors for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexuality, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Death
Lennon, Jeffrey L.; Coombs, David W. – Simulation & Gaming, 2005
This study examined the use of postgame debriefing of a health educational board game activity on dengue fever in a Filipino student population. The debriefing used a series of specific open-ended questions, exploring students' feelings about the game and game-related questionnaires, students' perceptions of important information about dengue from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Education, Educational Games, Questionnaires
Cavendish, Roberta – Journal of School Nursing, 2003
The Atlantic and Pacific coasts are the boundaries of Lyme disease with the Northeastern and Midwestern regions of the United States continuing to report the majority of cases. New reported cases of Lyme disease doubled from 1991 to 2001 according to statistics published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2002). Within that…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Health Education, School Nurses, Diseases