The effects of a school-based social-emotional and character development program, "Positive Action," on the developmental trajectory of character development was evaluated using data from three randomized trials. Results come from (1) 4-years of data from elementary children in 20 Hawai'i schools, (2) 3-years of data from elementary…

Suggests an approach to health education that addresses the innate human drive for physical, mental, and spiritual well-being and to the inherent potential to learn behaviors that facilitate it. This approach involves parents and teachers, because children's behaviors are deeply influenced by them. (Author/BEF)