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Download full textSimplicio, Nathan D. C. S.; Cordova, Bianca C.; Oliveira-Filho, Eduardo C. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
Modifying the environment is a characteristic of the human species. With deforestation and the expansion of urban centers, diseases known in animals have begun to be described in humans. Science textbooks constitute an instrument of great importance in understanding this issue. This study evaluated the main science textbooks, recommended by the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Textbooks, Health Education
Direct linkNodulman, Jessica A.; Starling, Randall; Kong, Alberta S.; Buller, David B.; Wheeler, Cosette M.; Woodall, W. Gill – Journal of School Health, 2015
Background: In several countries worldwide, school-based human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programs have been successful; however, little research has explored US stakeholders' acceptance toward school-based HPV vaccination programs. Methods: A total of 13 focus groups and 12 key informant interviews (N?=?117; 85% females; 66% racial/ethnic…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Immunization Programs, Stakeholders, Attitudes
Sibley, Michael O., Ed. – Alabama Department of Education, 2010
"Alabama Education News" is published monthly except for June, July, and December by the Alabama Department of Education. This publication, authorized by Section 16-2-4 of the "Code of Alabama", as recompiled in 1975, is a public service of the Alabama Department of Education designed to inform citizens and educators about…
Descriptors: Newsletters, Public Education, Grants, Academic Achievement
Peer reviewedPorter, Wm. Lane; Fidler, David P. – Update on Law-Related Education, 1997
Advocates establishing programs to educate the public about the growing threat of communicable diseases and to promote effective strategies. Utilizes recent successes and failures to formulate those strategies. Profiles three recent infectious disease outbreaks that illustrate some of the current problems. Identifies four ways that lawyers can…
Descriptors: Civics, Communicable Diseases, Disease Control, Epidemiology
Peer reviewedBoyer-Chuanroong, Lynda; Deaver, Paul – Journal of School Health, 2000
Describes the efforts, outcomes, and recommendations from an urban California school district's pilot program for vaccinating preteens in two diverse urban middle schools. Barriers and strategies included staff inexperience, educating students, informing parents, tracking vaccinations, coping with language diversity, and creating individualized…
Descriptors: Child Health, Communicable Diseases, Diversity (Student), Health Promotion
Ferrand, Shirley; Wattenbarger, Barbara – 1995
This paper describes an interdisciplinary approach to conveying knowledge and promoting understanding of the disease of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) at the middle school level in a conservative community. Discussion of AIDS was included in a sixth grade unit on communicable diseases designed to teach how diseases are transmitted, how…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Communicable Diseases, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Health Education
