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Murray, Sara F.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1992
A study investigated the degree to which enhancement of instruction in blood transfusion medicine (TM) in the medical school curriculum is reflected in performance on 1989-90 National Board of Medical Examiners examinations in comparison with 1984-85. Students performed better on TM-related items than on items generally in 1989-90, suggesting more…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Course Content, Disease Control, Higher Education
Frazier, Billie H.; Kirkland, Glenn I. – 1990
This document contains two brief bibliographies of peer-reviewed literature, with abstracts, on dementia and Alzheimer's disease in the elderly, one written for the educator and the other for the consumer. They are two of 12 bibliographies on aging prepared by the National Agricultural Library for its "Pathfinders" series of publications. Topics…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Alzheimers Disease, Mental Disorders, Older Adults
Steinberg, Shirley R., Ed – Peter Lang New York, 2010
The second edition of "19 Urban Questions: Teaching in the City" adds new questions to those in the original volume. Continuing the developing conversation in urban education, the book is provocative in style and rich in detail. Emphasizing the complexity of urban education, Shirley R. Steinberg and the authors ask direct questions about what…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Urban Teaching, Critical Theory, Dropouts
Clark, Mari; And Others – 1985
This manual was developed to train Peace Corps volunteers and other community health workers in oral rehydration therapy (ORT) and the control of diarrheal diseases. Using a competency-based format, the manual contains six training modules (organized in 22 sessions) that focus on interrelated health education and technical content areas. Each…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Competence, Competency Based Education, Course Content
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (DHHS/PHS), Atlanta, GA. – 1994
Many teenagers engage in behaviors that increase their risk of becoming infected with HIV. This document is a compilation of information about AIDS and HIV Infection, and provides suggestions for parents and other adults in discussing AIDS/HIV with young people. Basic facts are outlined, including what AIDS is and how HIV infection causes AIDS;…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, At Risk Persons, Disease Control, Elementary Secondary Education
Cobb, Hazel B.; Horn, Charles J., Jr. – 1989
Thirty-three Alabama special education teachers attending a workshop on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) were asked to submit questions concerning what they most wanted to know about AIDS. The teachers' questions clustered around five main concerns. In order of frequency they were concerns about: (1) the causes and spread of AIDS; (2)…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Communicable Diseases, Disease Control, Etiology
Yarbrough, Stephen – 1986
This courseware evaluation rates the "Safety Measures with Communicable Diseases" program developed by Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon. (This program--not contained in this document--is designed to teach means of preventing the spread of communicable respiratory diseases and ways of protecting oneself.) Part A describes the program in…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Communicable Diseases, Computer Software Reviews, Courseware
Adult Education Services, Johnstown, PA. – 1988
These adult basic education instructional materials on the prevention of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) include a student reader and a teacher's guide. The student reader contains six chapters. Chapter 1 introduces two characters--Ricco and Francis--and focuses on the definition of AIDS, the three stages of the disease, the cause, and…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adult Basic Education, Disease Control, Disease Incidence
Paradigm Publishers, 2006
This book explores the power of educators to serve as HIV and AIDS prevention agents. The definitive text represents the work of a distinguished panel of teacher educators and health scientists who identify core information and skills effective educators of HIV and AIDS prevention should learn as they prepare to attend to the academic and human…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Risk, Prevention, Teacher Role
Clark, Mari; And Others – 1985
This Spanish-language manual was developed to train Peace Corps volunteers and other community health workers in Spanish-speaking countries in oral rehydration therapy (ORT) and the control of diarrheal diseases. Using a competency-based format, the manual contains three training modules (organized in seven sessions) that focus on interrelated…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Competence, Competency Based Education, Course Content
Cavallini, M. Felicia; Wendt, Janice C.; Rice, Desmond – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2007
Schools have the potential to foster healthy behaviors among youths through sound health and physical education programs. Teacher candidates who are being certified through teacher preparation programs should take a course on basic wellness and exercise principles, in order to prepare themselves to teach those principles to all school faculty…
Descriptors: Program Design, Physical Education, Obesity, Teacher Education Programs
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Sefhedi, Sheila; Montsi, Mercy; Mpofu, Elias – Perspectives in Education, 2008
This exploratory study describes the provision of HIV & AIDS counselling services in Botswana junior secondary schools as perceived by teachers. A total of 45 teachers (age range = 20-55; teaching experience range = 0-21 years) from three schools participated. The participants completed a questionnaire on the types of HIV & AIDS-related…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Student Attitudes, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Information Technology
Monroe County School District, Key West, FL. – 1990
Intended for use in Florida training programs for caregivers of infants and toddlers with disabilities, this guide presents an overview of the Model of Interdisciplinary Training for Children with Handicaps (MITCH); offers a user's guide to the series; and provides specific information for presenting Module 8, which focuses on health care…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Communicable Diseases, Day Care, Disabilities
Homans, Hilary; And Others – 1987
Intended for those who are responsible for educating other educators about AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), these materials are designed to result in learner-centered instruction about AIDS--helping students of all kinds explore their own anxieties about AIDS and consider the implications of factual information for their own behavior…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Disease Control, Foreign Countries, Health Activities
Attawell, Kathy; Elder, Katharine – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 2006
Although there is a need for enhanced evidence-based information on successful HIV and AIDS education interventions, much has already been learnt about good practices and policies in the education sector's response to the pandemic. This booklet, to be used in tandem with others in the series, aims to further expand our knowledge by highlighting…
Descriptors: Health Education, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Communicable Diseases, Teacher Education
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