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Download full textWechsler, Harold, Ed. – Higher Education Advocate, 1987
Information about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is presented to alert National Education Association educators to behaviors that place people at risk for AIDS. The material was prepared by the Public Health Service. Topics include: sexual transmission, transmission from injected blood, transmission during pregnancy, groups at greatest…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Disease Control, Disease Incidence, Health Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1984
This committee hearing was held to consider factors in federal suport of health care services, including the roles of professional organizations, insurance companies, and hospitals. The process of evaluating whether the use of medical technology, diagnostic tests, and therapeutic procedures are cost-effective and beneficial is identified as…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Federal Legislation, Government Role, Health Insurance
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
Manela, Roger; And Others – 1977
One of six information booklets with accompanying training materials for the Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) program, this booklet describes the stages of child growth and development and some of the health problems which EPSDT clients might have. Section I describes tests commonly included in an EPSDT…
Descriptors: Child Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Health Programs, Identification
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
Peer reviewedJournal of the American College Health Association, 1977
Descriptors: College Students, Disease Control, Health Education, Health Programs
Peer reviewedPaskert, Catherine J. – Journal of School Health, 1983
A nationwide campaign to improve and maintain immunization levels for selected preventable childhood diseases was instituted in 1977, and another program, whose goal was to eliminate indigenous measles by 1982, was instituted in 1978. Immunization levels have improved so much that attention is now focused on ways to maintain these high levels.…
Descriptors: Children, Disease Control, Disease Incidence, Elementary School Students
Gilmore, Gary D. – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1976
An interdisciplinary, team-approach program has been developed at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, in which students (1) apply principles of community research, (2) join a multidisciplinary team, (3) identify components of a service agency, (4) become involved in its working, and (5) demonstrate the incorporation of health education…
Descriptors: Day Care Centers, Health Education, Instructional Programs, Interdisciplinary Approach
Population Education in Asia and the Pacific Newsletter and Forum, 1990
Outlined are the technical briefings on the global overview of the HIV/AIDS predicament, the modes of disease transmission, the global distribution of HIV/AIDS, and the social impact of the epidemic among the countries in Asia which participated in the World Health Organization/UNESCO-sponsored AIDS consultative seminar on AIDS prevention…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Environmental Education, Epidemiology, Foreign Countries
Zoffmann, H.; And Others – 1986
The problem of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in Europe and public health measures that can be taken to reduce the spread of infection are discussed. These guidelines cover: the magnitude of the problem in Europe, the virus and its mode of transmission, major clinical features of the disease, laboratory tests, possibilities of…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Coordination, Data Collection, Disease Control
Peer reviewedTaylor, Carl E.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1978
A formal course on human ecology in the Himalayas is described that had a profound impact in U.S. students in terms of career goals, orientation toward the problems of poverty in the U.S., and a changed appreciation of the need for preventive measures and a community approach. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Ecology, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
Peer reviewedYarber, William L.; Newschwander, Gregg E. – Educational Horizons, 1987
Consists of two articles on the topics of (1) sexually transmitted diseases and (2) acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Yarber discusses how these topics should be taught to young people, with emphasis on health education as opposed to morality. Newschwander states the facts related to AIDS, including risks of enrolling infected students.…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Behavioral Objectives, Disease Control
Alaska State Dept. of Health and Social Services, Juneau. Div. of Family and Youth Services. – 1997
This booklet provides parents with information about immunizations and vaccine-preventable diseases, balances the benefits and risk of vaccination, and responds to inaccuracies or misinformation about immunizations and vaccine-preventable diseases. Section 1 presents a message to parents about vaccination. Section 2 offers facts about…
Descriptors: Child Health, Disease Control, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Sorenson, Robert E. – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1979
Rising health care costs can be minimized if public health education can induce individuals to adopt a wellness-oriented behavior pattern. (LH)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Costs, Habit Formation
Daugherty, William E. – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1988
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has significant ocular implications. This article examines: the effect of AIDS on vision, historical and philosophical perspectives on public health education, AIDS education, legal and policy issues of concern to schools and service agencies, and sex education and AIDS-related education of blind and…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Administrative Policy, Blindness, Disease Control
