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Colman, William G. – 1977
In this paper the interrelationships among income, health, education, employment and crime in the nation's metropolitan areas are explored in the context of recent and current trends in housing, transportation and urban growth policy. The central role of inner city schools in these phenomena is assessed. Alternative metropolitan strategies for…
Descriptors: Blacks, Crime, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Opportunities
Public Health Service (DHHS), Rockville, MD. – 1980
Broad national goals, expressed as reductions in overall death rates or days of disability, have been established as guidelines for private and public sector policy makers in health-related fields. These goals were established through the work of various agencies, organizations, and individuals participating in a Department of Health and Human…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Dental Health, Disease Control, Drug Abuse
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. Div. of Academic Programs. – 1981
This curriculum guide is based on the Louisiana State Minimum Competencies for Health Education. This guide consists of extensive outlines of major content areas in health education with recommended activities to facilitate learning at specified levels. The content areas are: (1) communicable and noncommunicable disease; (2) consumer health; (3)…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Consumer Education, Course Content, Drug Use
Consumer Dynamics Inc., Rockville, MD. – 1981
This module, one of 25 on vocational education training for careers in environmental health occupations, is on using modules in an environmental health training program. This informational document describes the prospective student, content and objectives of the modules, and how to select modules for use in an environmental health training…
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Behavioral Objectives, Environmental Education, Environmental Technicians
Joliet Junior Coll., IL. – 1980
A project revised the existing Occupational Safety Program at Joliet Junior College (JJC) to indicate an AAS degree option in Industrial Hygiene Technology (IHT). Its objectives were to (1) utilize, where possible, existing courses within the college's curricula; (2) align the structure of the proposed curriculum with accreditation/certification…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Associate Degrees, Core Curriculum, Course Descriptions
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs. – 1975
Focusing on America's self-knowledge about its nutritional health, this report deals with the availability of nutrition evaluation and counseling to individuals and the adequacy of the national nutrition monitoring system. Bureaucratic and political problems of applying nutritional health considerations to food policy are also examined. Nutrition…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Eating Habits, Foods Instruction, Government Role
Kogan, Leonard S.; And Others – 1976
The DIPOV Index as an indicator of "the state of the child" in various ecological settings is examined in a study based on extensive interviews with mothers or mother-surrogates of children aged 1 to 10. Several hundred households were sampled in two upstate New York counties with strongly contrasting DIPOV Indices. Developed as an…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Child Welfare, Demography, Environmental Research
Florida's Health, 1976
This collection of articles on the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), drawn from a southeastern regional symposium on the subject, summarizes much of what is known about the occurrence of SIDS, including current information about its causes. The background of state action in Florida is reviewed, with emphasis on the need for increased public and…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Community Health Services, Conferences, Counseling

Gemmell, Michael K. – Journal of Dental Education, 1987
Issues and trends affecting professional education for public health careers are examined, including specialization shortages, physician faculty shortages, declining federal support, and changing student demographics. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Change, Educational Demand, Educational Economics

Journal of Optometric Education, 1988
A curriculum for disorders of oculomotor control, binocular vision, and visual perception, adopted by the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry, is outlined. The curriculum's 14 objectives in physiology, perceptual and cognitive development, epidemiology, public health, diagnosis and management, environmental influences, care delivery,…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Development, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Lloyd, John H., Ed. – US Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1952
This document contains the October 1951 through June 1952 issues of "School Life," a monthly publication of the U.S. Federal Security Agency Office of Education. The journal issues cover a variety of topics across education sectors, atomic energy education, the United Nations and UNESCO, new school physical plant projects, education…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Education, Foreign Countries

Baumeister, Alfred A.; And Others – American Behavioral Scientist, 1991
Discusses child morbidity, suggesting solutions can be found at the community level. Argues the federal government's role is essential in articulating policy and providing resources. Generates a new morbidity model emphasizing poverty and social factors as crucial influences. Lists priorities for effective, preventive, intervention planning. (NL)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Birth Rate, Child Development, Child Health

Aggleton, Peter – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 1996
Maintains that since the start of the AIDS epidemic disease prevention efforts have assumed a relatively unproblematic relationship with pedagogy, identity, and the anticipated outcomes of health promotion initiatives. Argues that there is a need to take account of a diverse range of subject positions and identities in future interventions. (MJP)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Communicable Diseases, Disease Control, Educational Objectives
Schneiderman, Janet U. – Journal of School Nursing, 2004
This qualitative study of school nurses describes what the nurses want to do for school children in foster care, what they are actually doing, and how the school organization affects the provision of care. The study looked at the nurses' practice through the lens of the Social Ecological Model of Health, identified interventions using the…
Descriptors: Health Needs, School Nurses, Public Health, Political Power
Massoud, Nicole; De Lay, Paul; Carael, Michel – New Directions for Evaluation, 2004
Over the past twenty years, strategies adopted by governments affected by human immunodeficiency virus and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) have gradually changed to ensure a more holistic and effective response to the epidemic. Two major shifts have occurred. Countries have moved from a strictly "health" to a "multisector"…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Communicable Diseases, International Organizations