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Trends in Coverage of Hygiene and Disease Prevention Topics across National Curriculum Frameworks for Primary Science, Physical Education, and Health
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Morrish, Daniel; Neesam, Marc – Prospects, 2021
The response to the COVID-19 pandemic raises a question about the role of national curriculum frameworks in acquiring and applying knowledge about hygiene and prevention of disease. For curriculum designers, this means determining what children of different ages should learn about these topics and how they should develop and apply this knowledge.…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Trend Analysis, Hygiene, Diseases
Survey of K-3rd-Grade Teachers' Knowledge of Ear Infections and Willingness to Participate in Prevention Programs
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Danhauer, Jeffrey L.; Johnson, Carole E.; Caudle, Abby T. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2011
Purpose: Ear infections are prevalent in kindergarten through 3rd-grade (K-3rd) children and can affect their performance at school. Chewing gum, when administered by parents and teachers, can help prevent ear infections in children. This pilot study surveyed K-3rd-grade teachers in the Santa Barbara School Districts to assess their knowledge…
Descriptors: Prevention, Quality of Life, Diseases, Human Body
The Lice-Buster Book: What To Do When Your Child Comes Home with Head Lice!
Copeland, Lennie – 1995
Noting that every year, 10 to 12 million children contract head lice, this book aims to demystify and provide information about the problem of head lice infestation of children. The first chapter gives statistical details about the problem and its effects on health. Chapter 2 provides factual information concerning the features, life-cycle,…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Child Health, Communicable Diseases, Elementary Education
Teaching Young Children about AIDS.
Schonfeld, David J.; Quackenbush, Marcia – Principal, 2000
AIDS is a genuine concern for young schoolchildren, as a significant number begin having unprotected sex before completing elementary school. The most effective sex-education programs stress delaying the age of first intercourse and adopting safe sexual practices. Principals' supportive behaviors and prevention education tips are discussed. (MLH)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Communicable Diseases, Early Intervention, Elementary Education
Chronically Ill Children: Divisions of Labor.
Oremland, Evelyn K. – 1986
(A division of labor model was applied in a study of the efforts to minimize health crises and maximize benefits of medical protocols in eight families, each with a hemophilic school-age boy. Subject families were studied for a 5-year period through participant-observer techniques including interviews with the children in their homes, with the…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Childhood Attitudes, Decision Making, Diseases
Can We Talk? Helping Families Talk about Self-Esteem, Sex, and Peer Pressure. Training Package = Conversamos? Ayudando a Familias a Hablar sobre la Autoestima, el Sexo, y la Presion de los Amigos. Paquete de Capacitacion.
Cappello, Dominic; Newberry, Jerald – 1999
This English and Spanish language multimedia packet comprises an educational curriculum designed to help families talk about self-esteem, sex, and peer pressure with their children in grades 4 through 8. The packet consists of a planning and training manuals, family activity books, and a videotape. The curriculum is comprised of four parent…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Health, Children, Curriculum