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Download full textLatanick, Maureen Rogan; Gallagher-Allred, Charlette R. – 1980
Nutrition is well-recognized as a necessary component of educational programs for physicians. This is to be valued in that of all factors affecting health in the United States, none is more important than nutrition. This can be argued from various perspectives, including health promotion, disease prevention, and therapeutic management. In all…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Counseling Techniques, Dietetics, Disease Control
Latanick, Maureen Rogan; Allred, John B. – 1985
Nutrition is well-recognized as a necessary component of educational programs for physicians. This is to be valued in that of all factors affecting health in the United States, none is more important than nutrition. This can be argued from various perspectives, including health promotion, disease prevention, and therapeutic management. In all…
Descriptors: Athletics, Dietetics, Disease Control, Health Education
Lammers, Jane W. – 1991
This handbook discusses the most common childhood conditions that teachers, parents, and caregivers see in children between the ages of 4 and 10; describes signs and symptoms of over 30 common childhood health problems; provides practical strategies for getting children back to the well state once they are ill; and offers guidance as to when…
Descriptors: Allergy, Child Caregivers, Child Health, Chronic Illness
World Health Organization, Copenhagen (Denmark). Regional Office for Europe. – 1984
Ways to improve the training of undergraduate medical students in primary health care are identified, based on a seminar organized by the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe and the Government of the United Kingdom. Primary health care is concerned with preventing and treating illness and promoting health, based on applying…
Descriptors: Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), College Role, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning
Hammett, Theodore M. – 1989
This bulletin summarizes key elements of an effective AIDS training and education program for law enforcement and corrections personnel. First, these key elements of training and education for criminal justice personnel are discussed: staff participation in materials development; timely and frequent training; mandatory training; live training by…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adult Education, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions
Simeonsson, Rune J., Ed. – 1994
This book argues that a paradigmatic change of emphasis is needed from treatment to prevention in order to promote the well being of children and to reverse many of the social problems children face today. Written for an interdisciplinary audience, the book is divided into three sections. The first section provides a framework and overview of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Child Abuse, Child Behavior
Shugars, D. A., Ed.; And Others – 1991
This report presents recommendations of the Pew Health Professions Commission regarding changes in health care education. It identifies 17 competencies that practitioners should be prepared for by the year 2005. Recommendations include: expand access to effective care; provide contemporary clinical care; emphasize primary care; participate in…
Descriptors: Agenda Setting, Allied Health Occupations Education, Dentists, Educational Change
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. – 1984
This document contains a compilation of articles that have been assembled because of their potential for enhancing understanding of rural health care issues and for their unwavering high standards. The articles promote high quality research in an area which is rapidly becoming a legitimate and recognized field of inquiry among scholars. Besides…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Health Facilities, Health Needs, Health Services
Yeo, Gwen; Tully, Donna – 1987
This manual is intended to acquaint the faculty of physician assistant (PA) training programs with a model geriatric clerkship and to assist them in the process in implementing a similar clerkship. A detailed outline of the curriculum goals of a geriatric clerkship is included. The next section contains curriculum units on the following topics:…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Behavioral Objectives, Clinical Experience, Communication Skills
Carman, Priscilla S.; Van Horn, Barbara; Grumm, Margaret – 1997
This package consists of a facilitator's guide and three booklets that were developed to provide basic preventive health information for adults caring for young children and presents a story line with characters who become more self-confident in coping with children's health issues as they build their knowledge about preventive health. The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Check Lists, Childrens Literature
Public Health Foundation, Washington, DC. – 2001
This guide was developed to assist states in addressing the national workforce development objectives for the health professions and for employees of public health agencies in order to achieve the National Healthy People 2010 workforce objectives. The guide is organized in four sections. The opening section is a "how to" resource for…
Descriptors: Adults, Competence, Futures (of Society), Government Role
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Career-Technical and Adult Education. – 2002
This curriculum for a medical assistant program is designed for students interested in caring for the sick, injured, convalescent, or disabled under the direction of the family, physicians, and credentialed nurses. The curriculum is divided into 12 units: orientation to medical assisting; principles of medical ethics; risk management; infection…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Anatomy, Behavioral Objectives, Biomedical Equipment
Best, Stephen H.; Myer, Donna Foster – 1983
This instructor's resource guide, one in a series of products from a project to develop an associate degree program for paraprofessional rural family health promoters, deals with teaching a course in introductory epidemiology. Covered in the first section of the guide are the role of epidemiology in rural health promotional training, general…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Associate Degrees, Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. – 1984
Based on findings of Project HAPPIER surveys and intended as a resource for health care providers and educators who serve the migrant community, this guide describes over 375 instructional materials in the areas of dental health, disease control, fitness, health promotion, human growth and development, hypertension, maternal and child care, mental…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Child Development, Dental Health
Keeton, Martha; And Others – 1982
This instructor's manual consists of materials for use in introducing middle and junior high school students to various aspects of the practical health care arts, including health education and communication, prevention, treatment and care, and administration. Included in the first part of the manual are a program master sequence, a listing of…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Behavioral Objectives, Biomedical Equipment, Career Exploration
