bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Adapted Physical Education ‐ Perspective on Systematic Implementation
Authors: Duke Kenneth W. , Sherrill Claudine 
Published: October 2009

ABSTRACTMuch has been written concerning special education legislation and resulting efforts to initiate appropriate educational programs within established guidelines. One of the specific curriculum areas which has been significantly affected is physical education. This article attempts to clarify the new perspective in which physical education is viewed within the educational process of the handicapped child. The role which health‐related personnel can play in that process is concurrently discussed.
Family Life Education for the Handicapped
Authors: Craig Sol Gordon , Snyder W. 
Published: October 2009

ABSTRACTOnly a small percentage of America's handicapped population presently receives adequate instruction in family life education. The development of healthy attitudes and a positive self‐concept are enhanced by education in sexuality with openness toward this sensitive area. Parents are the primary sex educators of their children, with schools, religious groups and various community agencies playing a supplementary role. In not educating handicapped individuals, society further burdens them with additional insecurities and feelings of inadequacy. People who are exposed to family life education programs tend to act more responsibly in their personal relationships and feel better about themselves.
Financial and Administrative Considerations
Authors: Schipper William 
Published: October 2009

ABSTRACTThe following is a discussion of some of the major achievements and problems in the implementation of PL 94–142 nationally. Existing and projected financial and administrative problems are raised, including a discussion of some of the confusion which has evolved in the provision of related services. The paper concludes with a presentation of decision‐making guidelines regarding related services which may be useful to local educators in the IEP development process.
Adolescent Suicide and the Classroom Teacher
Authors: McKenry Patrick C. , Tishler Carl L. , Christman Karen L. 
Published: October 2009

ABSTRACTAdolescent suicide is a phenomenon of epidemic proportions, constituting the third leading cause of death in this age group. Various theories of suicide are reviewed and the attention to family variables discussed. These theoretical models indicate the multi‐disciplinary nature of the problem — that is, that adolescent suicide requires a medical, psychological, social and educational approach to the problem. Since school plays a major role in the lives of adolescents, it offers an avenue of approach to adolescent suicide. A list of behavioral changes indicative of emotional distress is provided for teachers for use in identification and referral. Teachers should also serve an educational function. Discussion of suicide dispels myths and modifies the likelihood of an attempt. Several suggestions concerning how school personnel may intervene are provided.
PROFILE: Pregnant Teens Who Choose Childbirth
Authors: Ulvedal Susan K. , Feeg Veronica D. 
Published: October 2009

ABSTRACTThe Family Center is an alternative educational program available by choice to pregnant teen‐agers enrolled in Arlington County, VA schools. Students enter the program at various stages of pregnancy and remain until six weeks after delivery. Data from these students were collected for two academic years from clinical interviews in order to describe several characteristics of these pupils with multiple health care needs.
Implementing an Industrial Hearing Conservation Program in the Schools
Authors: Roeser Ross J. , Coleman Trudy , Adams Richard M. 
Published: October 2009

ABSTRACTThe harmful effects of exposure to high noise levels have been well‐documented and include auditory and non‐auditory factors. The most notable auditory effect is permanent loss of hearing, many times accompanied by the constant perception of a ringing‐type noise in the ears (tinnitus). Despite this, there has been insufficient attention given to the hazardous effects of noise in the school health education curriculum. The industrial arts program is one area that deserves special attention because of the noise levels that teachers and students are exposed to in the classroom and the assumed future exposure that students will experience in their recreational and work experiences. This report describes a hearing conservation program implemented in the Industrial Arts Program in the Dallas Independent School District that attempts to provide: 1) protection for students and teachers using equipment that produces excessive, damaging noise; and 2) information to students on the hazardous effects of noise, so they will understand the consequences of not protecting their ears when exposed to excessive noise and the available means to protect their hearing. As the cost of the program was minimal, other school districts could implement similar programs with little additional resources and effort.
Project HITE (Health Individualization and Teacher Education): A Health Curriculum for 3‐, 4‐ and 5‐year olds
Authors: Davis Anita Price 
Published: October 2009

ABSTRACTSouth Carolina has been a national leader in such health problems as cardiovascular disease, syphillis and gonorrhea. Since many of the problems could be attributed to poor health habits, education of the state's residents seemed in order.The education/re‐education of inaccessible adults with firmly established health habits — poor or otherwise — was not feasible, but the education of impressionable, readily accessible three‐, four‐ and five‐year olds was possible.Through a grant from the federal government, an individualized health curriculum that could accommodate the differences of the learners and include vital health content was developed. This project of developing and distributing the health curriculum to teachers of young children was called Project HITE (Health Individualization and Teacher Education).
The Art of Health
Authors: Corbin David E. 
Published: October 2009

ABSTRACTThere is a general trend in education today to stress “the basics,” — often defined as reading, writing and arithmetic. Health‐related professionals have made a valid case that health may be more “basic” than any of these areas. And professionals in the arts have good historical evidence that art, dance and music are “basic” to human existence. Too often the different disciplines are pitted against one another to compete for money and prestige. The intent of this paper is to show how two “basics” can be used in an interdisciplinary approach to help teach children. Using art to teach about health can be an effective and interesting way to promote health discussions.
Evolution of the National Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Strategy: Establishing a Role for the Schools
Authors: Iverson Donald C. , Kolbe Lloyd J. 
Published: October 2009

ABSTRACTThe history and evolution, during the past decade, of the national disease prevention and health promotion strategy is recounted, culminating with a description of the national prevention objectives. Objectives that directly could be attained by: (1) school health education; (2) school health services; (3) efforts to ensure healthy school environments; and (4) school physical education programs are delineated, as are objectives that could be influenced in important ways by school health programs. The nation's schools could contribute significantly and measurably toward improving the health of all Americans, if school health professionals, individually as well as within their various organizations, could seize and create opportunities to work with other health and educational professionals, and the public, to impel and enable schools to attain relevant national prevention objectives.
A Survey of Physician Consultations in an Urban School District
Authors: Boyce W. Thomas , Sprunger Lewis W. , Duncan Burris , Sobolewski Sue 
Published: October 2009

ABSTRACTA survey of physician encounters was conducted in a large, urban school district following the institution of consultative, rather than full‐time, school physician services. Review of the encounter data over a six‐month period revealed that: (a) the majority of consultations related to the problems of individual children; (b) there was a high prevalence of behavioral and psychosocial issues among the problems addressed; and (c) physicians were prominently involved in cross‐disciplinary interactions. The survey provides an analysis of physician utilization under an emerging model of school health services in which physicians serve as consultant members of a medical and educational team.
Cost‐benefit Analysis of a School Health Education Program: One Method
Authors: Wylie Wayne E. 
Published: October 2009

ABSTRACTHealth education professionals within the school setting must respond to the increasing challenge of satisfying the popular question of program accountability. The purpose of this paper is to suggest a method by which school health education programs can be evaluated in cost‐benefit terms. The methodology presented utilizes a cost‐effective model that has been altered so that monetary values can be assigned to health outcomes or benefits. The procedure is demonstrated to show that school health education programs can be shown to have a positive cost‐benefit ratio. The model can be used in any school health setting.
Project “Hypertension Alert”
Authors: Sailors Emma Lou 
Published: October 2009

ABSTRACT“Hypertension Alert”, a 1979–80 blood pressure screening‐awareness project of the Yonkers Public Schools, used health aides to work with students and school personnel to determine the blood pressure of 5,399 elementary, middle and high school pupils in 52 public and parochial schools. Using a cutoff of 130/85 mm Hg, 140 students with higher initial readings were followed up by school nurses and nurse teachers. Of these, 36 were referred to their private care providers.“Hypertension Alert” was received warmly in the schools. Many students appeared to acquire “blood pressure consciousness”. A carry‐over benefit in 1980–81 and 1981–82 has been the greatly increased use of sphygmomanometry in individual school health office programs.
Gifted Children Benefit from Health Classes Accelerated to Their Needs
Authors: Banks Mary Ellen 
Published: October 2009

ABSTRACTHealth education is an optimal route for informing individuals and groups about their bodies and preserving and protecting health. Gifted children have the same health needs regarding health as all children, but because of their accelerated intellectual abilities, their need for information may out‐distance those of peers. This article reflects the experience of a nurse‐educator who taught a special summer health course to a group of academically talented fourth and fifth graders. The children chose this class on their own and were enthusiastic with “hands‐on” experiences of human functioning. Not only were these youngsters a challenge to work with, but their ability to master concepts quickly made the course a truly dynamic learning experience.
School Health: A National Policy Issue In The Soviet Union
Authors: Stone Elaine J. 
Published: October 2009

ABSTRACTIn the Soviet Union school health services are provided as an integral part of the health care delivery system, which is under the Ministry of Health. This paper presents an overview of the Soviet health care delivery system, the model for the delivery of school health services, the role and training of school personnel involved in school health services and implications the Soviet model may have for other countries.
Stepfamilies: A Concern Health Education Should Address
Authors: Gray Bryan J. , “Rusty” Pippin Grover D. 
Published: October 2009

ABSTRACTIn this country there are more than 1 million children who find themselves in a stepfamily situation. Coping with the changes involved can be a difficult process. Health educators need to recognize the fact that many children are in this situation. Through the subunits included in the family life unit, young people can be taught how to deal with the issues involved. In so doing, health education will be addressing another major family life problem in our society.
Employment Trends of School Personnel and Staff 1980–1990
Authors: Frels Lois 
Published: October 2009

ABSTRACTThe American School Health Association's School Nurse Study Committee and the National Association of State School Nurse Consultants requested that a study be conducted to identify future employment trends for school nurses and how these trends compare with employment trends for other personnel employed in the school districts. School districts were asked for numbers of personnel employed in 1980, 1981, and 1982, and to project their intention to increase, decrease, or maintain the same number of personnel until 1990. The results of the study indicated that the profession showing the greatest decrease is the classroom teacher and that school nurses were not identified to have a greater decrease in employment than other professionals.
An Empirical Test of a Cognitive Social Learning Model for Stress Moderation with Junior High School Students
Authors: Price James H. , Jurs Stephen G. , Jurs Jan , Rhonehouse Michael , Isham Karen A. 
Published: October 2009

ABSTRACTA cognitive social learning model for stress moderation with junior high school students is described. Portions of the model were tested using 531 seventh and eighth grade students. Higher stress levels were found for younger students, white students, females, and those with more upsetting life events. The stress levels did not appear to be moderated by health locus of control, Type A personality, or knowledge about stress. Further research is needed to test additional components of the model.
Staying Alive: A Mini‐unit on Child Molestation Prevention for Elementary School Children
Authors: McNab Warren L. 
Published: October 2009

ABSTRACTThis article describes a mini‐unit to help teachers prevent molestation of elementary school children. The major emphasis of the unit is on safety and survival skills that young people can use to help them in “Staying Alive.” Child molestation is defined, methods of coercion are described, and survival tips and relevant learning activities related to prevention are suggested. The mini‐unit is an example of what elementary school teachers, in cooperation with the school nurse, can do to incorporate survival skills to prevent child molestation into the elementary school classroom.
Message Source Credibility in Drug Education
Authors: Bailey William J. 
Published: October 2009

ABSTRACTA questionnaire was administered to 1,734 university students and 381 high school students enrolled in drug education programs, surveying student opinions about the credibility of various proposed message sources. Five sets of proposed message sources were presented to each subject; each set consisted of one proposed source category that did not require a college education, one source that required a baccalaureate degree, and one that was a doctoral‐level, university‐trained professional with relevant experience. “Doctoral‐level, university‐trained professionals with relevant experience” was found to be the message source deemed most credible by both groups of students.
Design of the School Health Education Evaluation
Authors: Gunn Walter J. , Iverson Donald C. , Katz Martha 
Published: October 2009

ABSTRACTThe Center for Health Promotion and Education, Centers for Disease Control, and the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, US Dept. of Health and Human Services, contracted with Abt Associates, Inc., to evaluate the School Health Curriculum Project as compared with three other approaches to school health education. Background on the reasons for initiating this project, a summary of the original design, and highlights of the main features of the actual implementation of the School Health Education Evaluation (SHEE) are detailed.
Health Problems and Sexual Activity of Selected Inner City, Middle School Students
Authors: Smith Peggy B. , Nenney Susan W. , McGill Laurilynn 
Published: October 2009

ABSTRACTPhysical examinations were performed and health and sexual histories were taken on 496 12–14‐year‐old, inner city, middle school students participating in extracurricular activities. Health problems were identified in 9.5% of students. Twenty‐one percent of a subgroup of 276 students reported sexual activity; males were three times as likely as females to report intercourse. More than one‐half of a smaller subgroup named their parents as their primary source of information on sex. The value of the screening exam is discussed, and suggestions are offered on the content of preventive health and sex education curricula for this age group.
Self‐efficacy and Health Education
Authors: Lawrance Lyn , McLeroy Kenneth R. 
Published: October 2009

ABSTRACTBandura's theory of self‐efficacy has been applied in many areas of health education including smoking cessation, pain control, eating problems, cardiac rehabilitation, and adherence to regimens. Consequently, self‐efficacy has emerged as an important concept with which health educators should be familiar. Self‐efficacy refers to one's belief in the ability to do a specific behavior. Self‐efficacy is a principle connection between knowledge and action since the belief that one can do a behavior usually occurs before one actually attempts the behavior. Self‐efficacy also affects the choice of behavior, settings in which behaviors are performed, and the amount of effort and persistence to be spent on performance of a specific task. This article will examine self‐efficacy theory, describe sources of self‐efficacy, and present applications of self‐efficacy theory.
A Comparison of Self‐Reported Health Education Competencies Among Selected School Health Educators In the United States and Taiwan, R.O.C
Authors: Chen W. William 
Published: October 2009

ABSTRACTResults from a preliminary, cross‐national study examining perceived competence of school health educators in Taiwan, R.O.C, and in Florida are reported. The study used the Self‐Assessment for the Health Educator instrument, developed by the National Task Force on the Preparation and Practice of Health Educators, Inc., which specifies 79 skills in seven competency areas. School health educators from Taiwan and Florida rated their own perceived competence regarding each skill, and assessed the perceived usefulness of each skill in health education practice. Responses from the two groups were similar on six of seven competency areas regarding usefulness of the items. Yet, teachers from Taiwan expressed greater perceived competence than the Florida teachers in five of seven areas. However, within both groups, teachers rated perceived usefulness higher than their own perceived level of competence. Inservice training, amount of formal training, and years of professional experience affected levels of perceived confidence in both groups. Initial results suggest the self‐assessment instrument may prove useful as a tool for examining professional competence in other countries, but more extensive research is needed to determine the instrument's applicability in cross‐national comparisons.
Can Deliberative Democracy Be Practiced? A Subnational Policy Pathway
Authors: CROWLEY KATE 
Published: October 2009

This article reviews subnational participatory policy making and considers the extent to which participation—which seeks to breach the divide between citizen preference and political behavior—can be seen as deliberative practice. The process examined, TasmaniaTogether, is Australia's most participatory subnational planning and policy instrument, and is unique in that country, as well for directly linking public preference to policy design. Deliberative theory frames the examination of TasmaniaTogetherhere because it is in part concerned with exploring and overcoming the failing representative mandate that has inspired many such local participatory experiments. The study explores the tensions between deliberative theory and participatory practice, to identify common themes and forge greater relevance between the two. It considers the legitimacy of the process, its quest for community consensus, its link to policy‐setting contexts, its high level of institutionalization, and the lessons that can be learnt from it, which may in turn inform deliberative theory.Este artículo examina el grado de participación sub‐nacional en el diseño de políticas y considera el grado en el que la participación—la cual busca superar las divisiones entre las preferencias ciudadanas y comportamiento político—puede ser vista como una práctica deliberativa. El ejemplo examinado, TasmaniaTogether, es el mayor instrumento político Australiano de planeación y de participación sub‐nacional, y es también único en dicho país al vincular directamente las preferencias del público con el diseño de políticas. La teoría deliberativa enmarca aquí el estudio de TasmaniaTogetherporque está en parte preocupada con la exploración y la superación del mandato representativo cuyas deficiencias han inspirado muchos tipos de experimentos de participación locales. El estudio explora las tensiones entre la teoría deliberativa y la práctica en la participación, para identificar temas comunes y forjar una mayor relevancia entre ambas. El estudio considera la legitimidad del proceso participativo deliberativo, su búsqueda de consenso comunitario, su conexión con contextos de definición de políticas, su alto nivel de institucionalización y las lecciones que puedan ser aprendidas en dicho proceso que podrían a su vez informar a la teoría deliberativa.
Trust between Regulators and the Regulated: A Case Study of Environmental Inspectors and Facility Personnel in Virginia
Authors: PAUTZ MICHELLE C. 
Published: October 2009

The relationships between environmental inspectors and the facility personnel at regulated firms are often presumed to be adversarial, and this assumption affects the design and implementation of environmental regulations. However, closer examination of these relationships challenges this fundamental assumption of adversarial relations in environmental policy. Interviews with 44 inspectors and regulated officials throughout Virginia found that the interactions between these two categories of actors are positive. Over 90 percent of the interviewees were positive about their interactions with one another, and inspectors and regulated officials alike indicate that they trust the other. These findings are compelling because they contest common assumptions, and, as such, they provoke debate regarding the fundamental notions concerning the interactions between regulators and the regulated on the frontlines of environmental regulation.La relación entre los inspectores medioambientales y el personal de las instalaciones en las compañías reguladas se supone, por lo general, antagonista, y este supuesto impacta el diseño y la implementación de las regulaciones medioambientales. Sin embargo, una revisión más detallada de estas relaciones cuestiona dicho supuesto. Entrevistas realizadas a 44 inspectores y funcionarios bajo regulación a lo largo de Virginia encontraron que las interacciones entre estas dos categorías de actores son positivas. Más del 90 por ciento de los entrevistados tuvieron una respuesta positiva en relación a sus interacciones con la otra parte, y tanto los inspectores como los funcionarios bajo regulación indicaron que confiaban los unos en los otros. Estas conclusiones refutan los razonamientos habituales y, de ahí, que provocan debate en lo que se refiere a las nociones fundamentales acerca de las interacciones entre los reguladores y los regulados en el frente de la regulación medioambiental.