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Download full textEnvironmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. – 1973
This booklet notes that for a long time the American people were willing to pay any price for progress. Now may refuse to accept an environment that menaces their health and lowers their enjoyment of life. They are embracing a new environmental consciousness, a broader vision of reality, a more profound sense of their place in nature. Among the…
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Attitudes, Conservation Education, Ecology
PDF pending restorationBui Van Bao; And Others – 1964
This is the third in a series of health primers for elementary education in Vietnam. It is written for Vietnamese children at the third grade level. The fifty-three lessons are integrated into one story. Each lesson is illustrated and briefly summarized. The eight chapters are: (1) Hygiene, at home, in school and in public places; (2) Food and…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Elementary Education, First Aid, Health
Miller, Benjamin F.; And Others – 1974
This textbook is directed to higher secondary school students and presents general health concerns in a student-centered, active learning approach. Each unit provides unsolved problems for the student to investigate; each chapter contains one or more projects for student participation, a chapter summary, and an annotated list of additional reading…
Descriptors: Books, Diseases, Drug Education, Health Education
Pueschel, Siegfried M., Ed.; Linakis, James G., Ed.; Anderson, Angela C., Ed. – 1996
The magnitude of childhood lead poisoning has been inexplicably neglected by modern medicine and by legislators. However, since the 1970s, increased attention has been focused on lead poisoning, and advances have been made in several areas, including understanding of the neurodevelopmental and behavioral ramifications of lead poisoning, and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Federal Legislation, Lead Poisoning
Hanrahan, Marian, Ed.; Prinsen, Bert, Ed. – 1997
The development of community-based programs to support inexperienced parents through home visits by experienced mothers, who are in turned facilitated by child health and development professionals, has become an increasingly common approach in Europe and the United States. This edited volume presents proceedings from an invitational conference on…
Descriptors: Child Health, Community Programs, Community Support, Family Programs
Direct linkComings, John, Ed.; Garner, Barbara, Ed.; Smith, Christine, Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bk), 2007
"Review of Adult Learning and Literacy: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice, Volume 7" is the newest volume in a series of annual publications of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) that address major issues, the latest research, and the best practices in the field of adult literacy and…
Descriptors: Program Improvement, Public Health, Adult Basic Education, Foreign Countries
Stang, Lucas; Miner, Kathleen R. – 1994
The 10-volume "Health Facts" series is intended to supplement health education curricula and provide a handy reference for individuals who would like additional background information on particular health topics. The emphasis is placed on topics and examples relevant to youth of middle and high school age. The five sections in this book…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Drug Abuse, Health Education, Health Materials
Kendall, Ronald J. – 1983
Modern society is very dependent upon numerous chemical substances. Chemicals have a wide variety of uses, including drugs to prolong our lives and pesticides to control insect and weed pests. Life would be drastically different without the availability of these chemical substances but, while the benefits of chemicals should be appreciated, the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Supplies, Conservation (Environment), Ecology, Environmental Education
Rogler, Lloyd H.; And Others – 1983
Literature on the mental health of Hispanics is reviewed in this book, which is organized according to a conceptual framework encompassing clinical service research. The book's division into five main sections reflects the five phases of the framework, which span the sequence beginning when a person experiences mental or emotional distress and…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Health Services, Hispanic Americans, Medical Research
Clark, Duncan W., Ed. – 1976
The monograph is one of the Fogarty International Center Series on the Teaching of Preventive Medicine, undertaken to: (1) review and evaluate the state of the art of prevention and control of human diseases; (2) identify deficiences in knowledge requiring further research (including analysis of financial resources, preventive techniques, and…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Curriculum, Demography, Disease Control
Perez, Joel – 1977
A description of "barefoot doctors" in the People's Republic of China is presented. These peasant doctors are commune workers who have taken basic courses in medical treatment. Because 80% of the population lives in a rural agricultural setting, and because most doctors and medical services are located in cities, there is a serious need…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Education, Foreign Countries, Health Services
Trimble, Joseph E., Ed.; Beauvais, Fred, Ed. – 2001
Substance abuse continues to be one of the most damaging and chronic health problems faced by Indian people. American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) substance abuse prevention and treatment programs must be framed within the broader context of the widening health disparities between AI/AN communities and the general population. Successful…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Culture, American Indians, Community Health Services
Knobler, Stacey L., Ed.; Burroughs, Thomas, Ed.; Mahmoud, Adel, Ed.; Lemon, Stanley M., Ed. – National Academies Press, 2006
The Forum on Microbial Threats (previously named the Forum on Emerging Infections) was created in 1996 in response to a request from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The goal of the Forum is to provide structured opportunities for representatives from academia, industry, professional…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Public Health, Prevention, Disease Control
McCann, Thurma; And Others – 1995
The Healthy Start Initiative is a national five-year demonstration program that uses a broad range of community-driven, system development approaches to reduce infant mortality and improve the health and well-being of women, infants, children, and families. This volume, third in the series, deals with the topic of sustainability, which refers to…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Development, Community Development, Coordination
Willis, David P., Ed. – 1989
This collection of essays focuses on the impact of health policy on black Americans by examining the relation between public policy and the distribution of health needs and effects. The book includes an introduction by David P. Willis and is divided into seven sections. Section I, "Who Are Black Americans?" includes the following…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Blacks, Health Insurance, Health Needs
