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Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M.; Bachman, Jerald G.; Schulenberg, John E. – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), 2004
The use of licit and illicit drugs by American young people has been a source of major policy and public health concerns for the United States since the mid-1960s. The use of these substances is a leading cause of eventual disease and death in the population, but it also contributes in important ways to mortality and morbidity during adolescence. …
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Alcohol Abuse, Smoking, Secondary School Students
US Environmental Protection Agency, 2003
To help educators raise sun safety awareness, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed the SunWise School Program, a national education program for children in grades K through 8. SunWise Partner Schools sponsor classroom and schoolwide activities that raise children's awareness of stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Public Health, National Programs, Program Content
Booth, Frank W.; Chakravarthy, Manu V. – President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Research Digest, 2002
This report itemizes the costs and consequences of sedentary living, providing cost reasons to fight a war on sedentary lifestyles. It begins by explaining that 70 percent of U.S. adults are sedentary (undertaking no leisure time physical activity or less than 30 minutes of physical activity per day), and it notes how sedentary living increases…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Chronic Illness, Death, Diabetes
Spain, Christine G.; Franks, B. Don – 2001
The Department of Health and Human Services, working with other governmental agencies, professional groups, and individuals, has identified general areas of concern for the nation's health. This report explains how physical activity and fitness have been prominent aspects of Healthy People 2010 (HP2010), the national health promotion and disease…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Health, Children, Elementary Secondary Education
Blum, Robert W.; Beuhring, Trisha; Rinehart, Peggy Mann – 2000
This monograph discusses how to protect adolescents by addressing health behaviors. Data come from the Add Health Survey, a comprehensive school-based study of adolescents' health-related behaviors. Secondary students answered surveys about their lives, health, friendships, self-esteem, and expectations for the future. School administrators…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drinking, Family Influence, Health Behavior
Zweig, Janine M.; Van Ness, Asheley – 2001
This study examined the types of activities offered through Girl Neighborhood Power (GNP) and the extent to which low-income girls reported positive experiences and outcomes related to psychological, social, behavioral, and academic adjustment. Four communities implemented federally funded GNP programs, which provided various activities and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Females
Texas State Dept. of Parks and Wildlife, Austin. – 1997
This teacher's guide accompanies a program designed to teach water and boating safety to students in grades K-2. The written curriculum accompanies a video, AquaSMART K-2. The theme of the curriculum is AquaSMART. To become AquaSMART, students must learn 10 basic lessons for water and boating safety. The teacher's guide begins with an overview of…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Alcohol Abuse, Comprehensive School Health Education, Drug Abuse
Texas State Dept. of Parks and Wildlife, Austin. – 1997
This teacher's guide accompanies a program designed to teach water and boating safety to students in grades 3-5. The written curriculum accompanies a video, AquaSMART 3-5. The theme of the curriculum is AquaSMART. To become AquaSMART, students must learn 10 basic lessons for water and boating safety. The written curriculum begins with an overview…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Alcohol Abuse, Comprehensive School Health Education, Drug Abuse
Food and Nutrition Service (USDA), Washington, DC. – 1997
This booklet is a calendar companion which is designed to help schools plan and conduct monthly activities. It includes lesson planning and activities, information about supporter organizations' events and contests that promote nutrition and health, recipes, food service tips and resources, reproducibles for parents, and a list of Team Nutrition's…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Child Health, Community Programs, Eating Habits
Green, Cynthia P. – 1999
This report summarizes research on interventions intended to improve four key breastfeeding behaviors: early initiation of breastfeeding, feeding of colostrum to newborns, exclusive breastfeeding for the first 0-6 months, and continued breastfeeding through the second year and beyond. It clarifies what is known about improving these practices in…
Descriptors: Breastfeeding, Developing Nations, Early Intervention, Females
Sarvela, Paul D.; Monge, Eduardo A. – Rural Research Report, 1999
A study of patterns of health behavior among rural and small-town children surveyed 1,950 K-6 students from seven southern Illinois elementary schools. Findings indicate that less than half of the students ate the recommended amounts of fruits, vegetables, and grain each day. Males and females smoked at about the same rates, but sixth-grade boys…
Descriptors: Bicycling, Child Behavior, Children, Drinking
Porter, Laura; Lindberg, Laura Duberstein – 2000
This brief describes multiple risk students and maps their links to settings such as the workplace, church, or the health care system. A secondary goal of the brief is to show that although high-risk students have contact with many social institutions, opportunities for interventions are being missed. Data from the 1995 National Longitudinal…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Drinking, Drug Use
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Nolte, Ann E.; And Others – Journal of School Health, 1983
Study data indicate that secondary school students lacking the presence of both parents exhibit higher risk health behaviors than do students with both parents. Variables such as smoking behavior, blood pressure levels, and weight gain and loss were studied. (CJ)
Descriptors: Body Weight, Family Characteristics, Health Behavior, Health Education
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Lysen, Victoria C.; Walker, Robert – Journal of School Health, 1997
Presents findings from food frequency questionnaires and surveys of 138 Midwestern eighth-grade student-parent pairs. The study examined the incidence of modifiable and nonmodifiable osteoporosis risk factors and compared gender differences. Data analysis indicated that many adolescents possessed several modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Grade 8, Health Behavior, Junior High School Students
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Goodson, Patricia; Edmundson, Elizabeth – Journal of School Health, 1994
Presents the results of a content evaluation of the abstinence-based sexuality education curriculum, "Sex Respect," focusing on the curriculum's message and presentation. Results indicate Sex Respect omits basic content and includes misinformation, especially in the areas of human sexual response and reproductive health, and needs revision.…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Health Behavior, Health Education, Health Materials
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