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Weissberg, Roger P., Ed.; Gullotta, Thomas P., Ed.; Hampton, Robert L., Ed.; Ryan, Bruce A., Ed.; Adams, Gerald R., Ed. – 1997
Young people are facing greater risks to their current and future health and social development, as shown by involvement of younger and younger children in risk-taking behaviors. This volume emphasizes developmentally and contextually appropriate prevention service delivery models and identifies state-of-the-art, empirically based strategies to…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs, Children
Moore, Fred; Studebaker, John W. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1940
This bulletin brings to its readers a discussion presented with a view to focusing attention upon this very important educational field of school health work. In Part I, Commissioner Studebaker discusses General Administrative Policies, including the relation of health education to public administration. Sections appearing in Part I include: (1)…
Descriptors: Educational History, School Health Services, Health Education, Educational Policy
Florida State Postsecondary Education Planning Commission, Tallahassee. – 1995
This report presents the results of a review of health professions education in Florida and the social and economic forces affecting the supply and demand for health professionals in the state. Individual sections focus on medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, public health, nursing, physician assistantship, physical therapy,…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, College Curriculum, Colleges, Cultural Pluralism
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. Center for Instructional Development and Services. – 1988
This annotated bibliography describes materials available for computer-assisted instruction in secondary and postsecondary health and allied health programs. The materials are suitable for use by regular, disadvantaged, and handicapped students and by students whose facility in English is limited. The bibliography includes software programs…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Career Exploration, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
Wilk, Valerie A. – 1986
Intended to provide a framework for a research agenda on migrant and seasonal farmworker health and to serve as a resource for all those concerned with farmworker health, this report examines farmworker health data gathered within the past 10-15 years. The document contains the following material: (1) an overview of the major occupational health…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Child Welfare, Demography, Disease Incidence
Dunn, Alison – Bernard van Leer Foundation (NJ1), 2005
The research reviewed and the current responses identified in this paper show that at local, national and international levels there are gaps in programming and policy to engage ideas and mobilise resources to address the needs and experiences of very young children infected/affected by HIV and AIDS. Chapter one identifies some key areas where the…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Child Health
Erawan, Prawit – Online Submission, 2005
The promotion of health education in schools has been operated continuously in Thailand with expecting to enhance a healthy society based on the definition of health under the new trend "A comprehensive and integrated health and social dimensions of body, mind and soul into a lifestyle linked and interrelated the human relationship with a…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Public Health, Holistic Approach, Well Being
Trott, Lauren – NHSA Journal, 1996
Describes a collaborative in Camden, New Jersey, that improves delivery and quality of mental health services for Head Start families. Reveals how the program addresses most of the social service and educational needs of the community through preventive intervention. Contains a description of each member's area of expertise and service. (SD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Agency Cooperation, At Risk Persons

Olds, David L.; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1988
Examines the effect of a four-year program of prenatal and postnatal nurse home visitation on the life-course development of women who were either teenaged, unmarried, or poor. (FMW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Mothers, Career Planning, Disadvantaged
Currie, Janet – Future of Children, 2005
The author documents pervasive racial disparities in the health of American children and analyzes how and how much those disparities contribute to racial gaps in school readiness. She explores a broad sample of health problems common to U.S. children, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, asthma, and lead poisoning, as well as maternal…
Descriptors: African American Children, Behavior Problems, School Readiness, Early Childhood Education
Jones, Rodney H. – 1995
A study explored the issues of cultural identity and interaction in public health discourse concerning Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in Hong Kong's multilingual, multicultural social context. Twenty public service announcements (PSAs) concerning AIDS awareness televised in both English and Cantonese in Hong Kong from 1987 to 1994 were…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Behavior Standards, Chinese, Communication Problems
British Columbia Dept. of Education, Victoria. – 1981
This handbook is intended both as a text for use in medical office assistant (MOA) training programs in colleges and as a handbook for people working in medical offices. Addressed in the individual sections of the manual are the following topics: responsibilities of the medical office assistant, office organization, appointments and the waiting…
Descriptors: Abbreviations, Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Anatomy
Hanson, Bradley D. – 1985
This guide, which includes an outline of 222 hours of technical training integrated with training in community organization techniques, is intended for trainers who prepare Peace Corps water and sanitation technicians and engineers for field service. The training program developed by the guide covers these subject areas: community development,…
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Developing Nations, Disease Control, Drinking Water
Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock. Home Economics Curriculum Center. – 1985
This curriculum guide consists of materials for use in planning and delivering junior high school homemaking courses focusing on individual and family health. Discussed first are program and curriculum planning. The next chapter focuses on the special needs of handicapped and disadvantaged learners and details strategies for addressing these…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Education, Disabilities
Cleary, Helen P. – 1995
Development of the credentialing system for health education specialists began in February 1978, when a conference was convened to consider the profession's interest in credentialing and develop an initial role specification for entry-level health educators. In the early 1980s, the role specification was verified and refined, the process of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Advisory Committees, Certification