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Northwest Territories Dept. of Education, Yellowknife. – 1991
In order for individuals to make informed decisions about their health, they must have support, information, and skills to help them understand what promotes their health and what they themselves can do to enhance health. The major goals of the Northwest Territories (Canada) school health program are: to provide factual information on the human…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Curriculum, English (Second Language)
Northwest Territories Dept. of Education, Yellowknife. – 1991
In order for individuals to make informed decisions about their health, they must have support, information, and skills to help them understand what promotes their health and what they themselves can do to enhance health. The major goals of the Northwest Territories (Canada) school health program are: to provide factual information on the human…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Curriculum, English (Second Language)
Northwest Territories Dept. of Education, Yellowknife. – 1991
In order for individuals to make informed decisions about their health, they must have support, information, and skills to help them understand what promotes their health and what they themselves can do to enhance health. The major goals of the Northwest Territories (Canada) school health program are: to provide factual information on the human…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Curriculum, English (Second Language)
Northwest Territories Dept. of Education, Yellowknife. – 1988
This interim guide, a component of the Northwest Territories (Canada) School Health Program, contains instructional strategies, lesson plans, reproducibles, and teacher background materials for eighth grade classes. The material is organized around the three curriculum units: mental and emotional well-being, growth and development, and family…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Curriculum Guides, Educational Objectives, Family Life Education
North Carolina Legislative Research Commission, Raleigh. – 1993
This study, authorized by the General Assembly of North Carolina, investigated current indicators of the state of youth physical fitness and the availability and utilization of programs to improve fitness. The study gathered testimony from physical fitness experts, educators, administrators, and medical personnel. The study found that youth are in…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Economic Impact, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Massachusetts State Dept. of Public Health, Boston. – 1993
This volume of policies related to children with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) or Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) describes appropriate ways to guarantee students' rights while maintaining public health, and answers questions for parents, educators, and caregivers. Section 1 presents policy guidelines for infants, toddlers, and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Board of Education Policy, Confidentiality
Oklahoma State Dept. of Vocational and Technical Education, Stillwater. Curriculum and Instructional Materials Center. – 1990
This curriculum guide for teachers is designed for use with 11th- and 12th-grade students who have had no more than 1 year of vocational home economics. It focuses on providing young adults with the knowledge and skills they need for healthy and positive adult and family lives. It includes 27 units in 8 sections as follows: (1) personal…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Career Planning, Decision Making, Drug Use
Shadoin, Linda M.; Cook-Griffin, Joni; Peterson, Jane L. – 1999
This book is designed to assist practitioners who work with families teach life skills to parents, caregivers, and older teenagers to help families solve daily living problems. Chapters 1 through 3 of the book describe the development of and need for this practitioners' guide, discuss the importance of skill teaching, and present the organization…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Basic Skills, Child Caregivers, Daily Living Skills
EFF HOT Topics, 2002
An instructor and her students used questions to plan, teach, and assess a lesson in a Family Literacy/General Educational Development (GED) program. The class identified that their families should lose weight and exercise more to have healthier hearts. They focused on the area of responsibility, called Promote Family Members' Growth and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Family Literacy, Health Promotion
United Nations Children's Fund, New York, NY. – 2002
Noting that each year nearly 11 million children die from preventable causes before reaching their fifth birthday, this handbook contains practical, low-cost ways of protecting children's lives and health. The handbook is directed to those in positions to communicate the information to families, such as health workers, teachers, government…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Birth, Breastfeeding, Child Development

Edmundson, Margaret, Ed. – Online Submission, 1993
This PIALA 1993 Proceedings contains many of the papers presented at the 3rd annual conference of the Pacific Islands Association of Libraries and Archives. This publication is the first time papers from this Micronesian regional library and archives conference have ever been published. The conference addressed various topics of interest to…
Descriptors: Fund Raising, Public Relations, Reading Motivation, Archives
Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. – 2000
Arizona's comprehensive health education standards begins with a health rationale for each standard, then details the seven standards: (1) students comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention; (2) students demonstrate the ability to access accurate health information; (3) students demonstrate the ability to practice…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Comprehensive School Health Education, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
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
Robertson, Elizabeth B., Ed.; Sloboda, Zili, Ed.; Boyd, Gayle M., Ed.; Beatty, Lula, Ed.; Kozel, Nicholas J., Ed. – 1997
This research monograph is based on papers from a technical review meeting of the same name, held April 26-27, 1994. It provides information about the special nature or context of rural communities that might impact patterns of drug and alcohol consumption and delivery of prevention and treatment services; health, social, and economic consequences…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, At Risk Persons, Delivery Systems, Drug Abuse

Bensley, Loren B., Jr. – Journal of Health Education, 1996
Illustrates the need for values and morals education to bridge the gap between what students know and how they behave. The paper discusses the decay of American morals and values, suggesting how they can be incorporated into health education and noting what is required for that to happen. (SM)
Descriptors: Community Responsibility, Comprehensive School Health Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education