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Hammonds, Karl E. – 1984
This booklet is the first in a series providing practical information about major issues in the promotion of child health. Discussion is grouped into four parts. The first part, on health maintenance, discusses the features and significance of good checkups and addresses the need for parents to discuss menstruation as a normal, healthy part of…
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Anemia, Children, Environmental Influences
Jackson, Jacquelyne Faye – Phi Delta Kappan, 1999
Educators should banish the specter of African-American children as high-risk, budding disasters and closely examine these children's schooling environment. Black children of all incomes are schooled in highly segregated settings, due to residential segregation. Exposure to health hazards (lead-based paint) and corporal punishment are serious…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Attention Deficit Disorders, Black Students, Corporal Punishment
Crombez, Mary Margaret, Ed.; Mangigian, Lisa, Ed. – Offspring, 1998
This document is comprised of the two 1998 issues of a magazine for parents, teachers, and others involved in cooperative nursery schools. The magazine is designed to provide a forum for views on dealing with young children, express a variety of ideas, promote the cooperative philosophy, and to enhance the relationships of those involved in…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Childrens Writing, Dance, Disabilities
Sharfstein, Joshua; Sandel, Megan – 1998
Through an Internet campaign, the Doc4Kids Project gathered stories from pediatric caregivers about children whose health has been compromised by poor housing and whose health has been improved by housing assistance. The medical literature was also reviewed to estimate the total impact of inadequate housing on child health in the United States.…
Descriptors: Asthma, Child Health, Child Safety, Childhood Needs
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (DHHS/PHS), Atlanta, GA. – 1988
This national study on lead poisoning in children is organized in three parts. Part 1 provides an executive summary. Part 2 presents background information, an overview, findings, and conclusions. Part 3, which constitutes the bulk of the report, discusses terms, issues, and findings concerning lead metabolism, its relationship to lead exposure…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Health, Females, Hazardous Materials
Iscoe, Louise; And Others – 1977
This manual for child care personnel in day care homes and centers provides guidelines and information on the detection, treatment, and control of medical problems of children. Introductory materials focus on signs of illness which carepersons can recognize. Section II concentrates on insect, animal and human bites. Section III discusses skin…
Descriptors: Allergy, Anemia, Child Caregivers, Children
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McCabe, Patrick P. – Childhood Education, 1991
Discusses the widespread problem of low level lead toxicity and how it affects young children's behavior and learning ability. Discusses what medical and environmental measures can be taken to remedy the problem. Briefly notes what role states have taken. Also suggests actions early childhood teachers can take to remedy the problem. (BB)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Health, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention
Education Development Center, Inc., Newton, MA. – 1996
The materials are designed to help teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL) at all levels educate adult students about hazards and prevention of lead poisoning, and to encourage use of English within the context of daily living situations. The materials consist of: a teacher's guide that describes the instructional units and lists resources…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Guides, Daily Living Skills, English (Second Language)
President's Committee on Mental Retardation, Washington, DC. – 1976
The report of the President's Committee on Mental Retardation deals with three goal areas: minimum occurrence of disability, adequate and humane service systems, and assurance of full citizenship for the retarded. Considered in an initial section are the background, definition, prevalence, and incidence of mental retardation. Reviewed is research…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Definitions, Demography, Educational Trends
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Alperstein, Garth; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1988
Examination of medical records reveals that the frequency of health problems--including delayed immunizations, elevated blood lead levels, hospital admission rates, and child abuse and neglect report rates--among a sample of 265 New York City homeless children under age 5 far exceeded those of children of similar low socioeconomic status attending…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Children
Newman, Lucile F.; Buka, Stephen L. – 1991
This paper synthesizes findings of major research studies on development of learning impairment and its prevention in children from birth to age 5. The paper's scope does not include children who died or suffered major retardation. The paper attempts to demystify the language of research and medicine to clarify the prevalence of health,…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Congenital Impairments
Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning, Washington, DC. – 1994
The current approach to dealing with childhood lead poisoning has led to repeated diagnoses of poisoning because such children are treated and then returned to their hazardous environments. This handbook, the third in a three-volume set, provides examples of specific materials currently or recently used in ongoing state and local childhood lead…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Community Education, Community Programs
Iscoe, Louise; And Others – 1977
This manual for parents and child care personnel in day care homes and centers provides guidelines and information on indoor and outdoor safety precautions, emergency preparation and first aid. Contents focus on monitoring arrivals and departures, prevention of suffocation and strangulation, control of pets and other animals, preventing and…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Child Caregivers, Child Safety, Day Care Centers
Koch, Jean, Ed. – 1977
Proceedings from the International Summit on Prevention of Mental Retardation from Biomedical Causes are provided. After a list of participants and summary of the highlights of the conference, the keynote address by H. Moser is presented. The following 13 papers are provided along with workshop recommendations and a list of main points elicited…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Biology, Conference Reports, Congenital Impairments
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics. – 2002
This document is the instructor's manual for a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) training course that reflects the requirements of HUD's Lead Safe Housing Rule and is designed to provide training contractors with information regarding containment, minimization, and cleanup of lead hazards during activities that disturb…
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Building Trades, Compliance (Legal), Construction (Process)
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