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Barnett, Claire L. – Healthy Schools Network, Inc., 2005
This report makes the case that no one is in charge of protecting children from harmful environmental exposures at school and recommends steps at the federal and in New York State to begin to address this hidden world. With information gleaned from adult occupational health experts, from new national studies and reports, and from the reports of…
Descriptors: Occupational Safety and Health, Child Health, Federal Government, School Buildings
Public Health Foundation, Washington, DC. – 2001
This guide was developed to assist states in addressing the national workforce development objectives for the health professions and for employees of public health agencies in order to achieve the National Healthy People 2010 workforce objectives. The guide is organized in four sections. The opening section is a "how to" resource for…
Descriptors: Adults, Competence, Futures (of Society), Government Role
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Curriculum Standards Branch. – 1997
With this Career and Technology Studies (CTS) curriculum guide, secondary students in Alberta can do the following: develop skills that can be applied in their daily lives; refine career-planning skills; develop technology-related skills in community health; enhance employability skills, especially in community health; and apply and reinforce…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Anatomy, Career Development, Child Development
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
US Environmental Protection Agency, 2006
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to ensure schools and child care facilities are safe environments for the nation's children. In response to rising public concern over the health risks posed to young children by lead in the drinking water, EPA is launching a "3Ts--Training, Testing, and Telling" program. This…
Descriptors: Water Quality, Water, Testing, Hazardous Materials
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2006
Between 2002 and 2012, the rate of job growth in North Dakota will be modest: under 1 percent annually. However, a large number of positions-close to a quarter of all jobs in the state-will open up for hiring due to retirements and separations. In addition, the demand for well-educated employees will only increase over the next several years. In…
Descriptors: Student Exchange Programs, Employment Projections, Higher Education, Veterinary Medicine
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