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DeSocio, Janiece; Stember, Lisa; Schrinsky, Joanne – Journal of School Nursing, 2006
A mental health education program designed by school nurses for children ages 10-12 was developed in 2000-2001 and expanded with broader distribution in 2004-2005. Six classroom sessions, each 45 minutes in length, provided information and activities to increase children's awareness of mental health and illness. Education program content included…
Descriptors: Health Education, School Nurses, Mental Disorders, Mental Health
Backstrom, Kurt; And Others – 1988
Colby Community College's (CCC) Fitness Lab was established to provide the Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) Program with a learning laboratory in which students can practice classroom-acquired skills, while at the same time promoting the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual well-being of CCC students and staff, and community members. A…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Health Promotion, Physical Education, Physical Fitness
US Environmental Protection Agency, 2003
To help educators raise sun safety awareness, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed the SunWise School Program, a national education program for children in grades K through 8. SunWise Partner Schools sponsor classroom and schoolwide activities that raise children's awareness of stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Public Health, National Programs, Program Content
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Long, Nicholas; Austin, Barbara-Jeanne; Gound, Mary M.; Kelly, Abesie O.; Gardner, Adrienne A.; Dunn, Rick; Harris, Stacy B.; Miller, Kim S. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2004
The Parents Matter! Program (PMP) has developed three interventions for parents of 4th and 5th grade African-American children (9-12 years old). The overarching goal of all three interventions is to provide parents with knowledge, skills, and support for enhancing their efforts to raise healthy children. The interventions are: (1) Enhanced…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Grade 5, Intervention, Parent Education
Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, DC. Resource Center on Educational Equity. – 1992
In 1987, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) initiated a Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Education Project to enhance the capacity of state education agencies to assist local education agencies and schools in implementing effective HIV education within a framework of a comprehensive school health program. This publication, the…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Classrooms, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Don Gibala; Wendy Stuhldreher – Link, 2001
The internship program for undergraduate-level community health students at Slippery Rock University in Butler, Pennsylvania, is designed as a capstone experience bridging the gap from academia to practice. Students in the internship program spend 12 weeks during the summer of their senior year working in any health organization of their choice,…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Capstone Experiences, Communication Skills, Community Health Services