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Download full textIllinois State Board of Education, Springfield. – 1983
A study of the health mandates placed on elementary and secondary education in Illinois was initiated in September 1981. Rules and regulations requiring health examinations, screening of vision, hearing, and dental status, and immunization against certain preventable communicable diseases were reviewed. Analysis focused on five study questions:…
Descriptors: Auditory Tests, Dental Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Needs
Floyd, Jerald D. – 1982
Two resource centers were funded by the Illinois Alcoholism Prevention Initiative to facilitate primary prevention and health promotion efforts at the local level. Located in DeKalb and Springfield, the centers assisted the Illinois State Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Division of Alcoholism in building a body of…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Alcoholism, Behavior Change, Community Health Services
Fischer, Sunny; Baron, Dan – 1995
In many low-income communities, children are not properly immunized and are left vulnerable to completely preventable illnesses. This report provides information gained as a result of a 1-year funding project in the Chicago area to determine why so many children were not being immunized and how to increase immunization rates. The project tested 5…
Descriptors: Child Health, Communicable Diseases, Community Health Services, Disease Control
Western Illinois Univ., Macomb. Illinois Inst. for Rural Affairs. – 2000
The Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs (IIRA) started at Western Illinois University in 1989. An outgrowth of the population declines and economic stagnation during the early 1980s, it provides a comprehensive program of applied research, technical assistance, policy evaluation, and educational outreach to community leaders and residents in…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Annual Reports, Economic Development, Educational Research
Peer reviewedOleckno, William A.; Blacconiere, Michael J. – Journal of Environmental Health, 1987
Reports on an assessment of a sample of environmental health practitioners in Illinois which dealt with overall job satisfaction and the characteristics that contribute to job satisfaction/dissatisfaction. Results indicated that 36 percent of the respondents were satisfied with their jobs, with 64 percent somewhat dissatisfied. (TW)
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Environmental Standards
Illinois State Dept. of Public Health, Springfield. – 1991
The severity of the silent epidemic of lead poisoning and its long range effects on young children in impairment of intellectual ability, short-term memory, concentration, and reaction time have been recognized. A 3-year strategic plan for preventing childhood lead poisoning in Illinois was developed by a planning committee working through four…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Clinical Diagnosis, Incidence, Intervention
Illinois State Board of Higher Education, Springfield. – 1992
This report presents an overview of the status of programs of health professions education in Illinois and reviews the policies related to these programs that were adopted by the Board of Higher Education in the early 1980s. Specific questions addressed are as follows: (1) Are the number, type, and distribution of health professions programs…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Educational Needs, Educational Policy, Enrollment Trends
Peer reviewedPiane, Ginamarie – Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 1990
Although Blacks face a higher risk of hypertension than other Americans, a comparison between Blacks and Whites participating in a hypertension education series showed no significant differences. The program reduced by 68 percent the number of participants with high blood pressure. Proposes marketing and adherence strategies to attract and retain…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Blacks, Community Health Services, Comparative Analysis
Gruidl, John; Walzer, Norman – 1991
Rapid economic and population growth characterized the 1970s in much of rural America. Unfortunately, this "Rural Renaissance" was short-lived. Although some rural areas grew or remained stable during the 1980s, many others experienced stagnation and decline, evidenced by a variety of indicators. This document consists of graphic maps…
Descriptors: Agricultural Trends, Crime, Economic Change, Educational Attainment
Heath, Walter D.; Spetz, Sally H. – 1980
This curriculum resource guide, one of seven developed by the State of Illinois to present information on new and emerging curricula existing in the nation, can be used as a basis for local educators to determine the resources needed to offer industrial hygiene technician curricula and to initiate curriculum development at the local level.…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Allied Health Occupations Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Associate Degrees
Foght, H. W. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1917
This bulletin was prepared to indicate recent progress in rural life and education as disclosed by the educational exhibits at the Panama-Pacific Exposition of 1915. The discussion includes (1) the general phases of progress in rural education, and (2) advancement in its more specific agricultural phases. Little attempt has been made to present…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, United States History, State Colleges, Private Agencies
Dresslar, Fletcher B. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1913
The Fifteenth International Congress on Hygiene and Demography, held in Washington City in the autumn of 1912, was a notable event in the history of sanitation and in the discussion of the conditions of the physical and mental health of the people. The exhibition held in connection with the congress was instructive in many ways, and contained much…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Child Health, Public Health
