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Dawnyéa D. Jackson; Dana E. Wagner; Penny Norman; Gray Abarca; Kim Zambole – Health Education & Behavior, 2025
Similar to national trends, in Illinois, fatal opioid overdoses have risen. Black men (35+) outrank all other racial subgroups for the highest rate of fatal opioid overdoses in the state. To address this, Prevention First and the Illinois Department of Human Services developed a public health education campaign to support increasing enrollment in…
Descriptors: Adults, Males, Blacks, Drug Addiction
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Miller, Kim H.; Bice, Matthew R. – Health Educator, 2014
Child health is a complex issue that requires a comprehensive approach to address the many factors that influence it and are influenced by it. In light of the complexity of children's health, the Coordinated School Health Program (CSHP) was developed as a framework for a systems approach to planning and implementing school-based children's health…
Descriptors: Health Education, Rural Schools, School Districts, Elementary Schools
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LaCursia, Nancy – Health Educator, 2011
Introduction: Quality professional development (PD) is critical for health teachers to positively impact student learning. PD elements include administrator support, teacher involvement, content-specific focus, collaboration time, and program evaluation. Purpose: This study investigated (a) whether PD was supported, (b) which PD opportunities were…
Descriptors: Comprehensive School Health Education, Program Evaluation, Interviews, Substitute Teachers
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. – 1981
These guidelines were developed to assist school districts in the state of Illinois to develop comprehensive health education programs for elementary and secondary schools. Time and scheduling guidelines directed by the State Superintendent of Education are outlined. The basic components of a comprehensive health education program, its curriculum,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Education, Program Evaluation
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Maher, Michael J.; Sever, Linda M. – Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues in Education, 2007
Previous research indicated that Catholic high schools in the United States were not addressing the topic of homosexuality in any significant and systematic way prior to the mid-1990s, though practitioners in Catholic high schools have begun to address the topic in recent years. This study, in sampling seven Catholic schools in the greater Chicago…
Descriptors: Social Bias, School Culture, High Schools, Catholic Schools