Appropriate Use of Health Risk Appraisals with School-age Children.

Petosa, Rick; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ330724

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1986

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Appropriate Use of Health Risk Appraisals with School-age Children.

Petosa, Rick; And Others

Journal of School Health, v56 n2 p52-55 Feb 1986

This article describes the logic and assumptions on which health risk appraisals (HRAs) are based and offers recommendations for appropriate use of HRAs with school-age children. Specific ways to optimize the instructional benefits and to minimize the shortcomings are suggested. (MT)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Health Education, Prediction, Risk, Screening Tests

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Language: English

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