The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that between two and three million non-melanoma skin cancers and 132,000 melanoma skin cancers occur globally each year. In the event of further depletion of the ozone, these cases will increase dramatically (WHO, 2004). Within the United States, cancers of the skin are the most frequent type of…

Background: Personal habits of children and adolescents related to healthy body image (BI) are influenced by various determinants in the micro- and macroenvironment. These include attitudes and behaviors about eating; exercise and physical appearance modeled by parents, teachers, and peers; as well as opportunities to learn new habits and social…

Parents of middle school students completed surveys regarding factors that hindered their participation in school health education. Parents were more likely to have low participation levels if they had limited knowledge of opportunities to participate and perceived that the school did not want their participation, the curriculum did not allow for…

This paper describes the development of an updated state curriculum for health education in Alabama. The process involved: (1) selecting 24 members to the Health Education and Physical Education State Course of Study Committee; (2) forming two working subcommittees (for health education and physical education); (3) understanding task requirements…