Organizational and administrative procedures for conducting a successful blood donation drive are presented. (MJB)

Edmund Peyson Weston's long and remarkable career as the father of walking speaks for the benefits of regular exercise through pedestrian activities and a simple life-style based on a moderate approach to eating and personal habits. (LH)

Health activation assumes that through knowledge and techniques people will become aware of what makes up health, take on greater responsibility for their own health, use the health care system properly, and improve the patient-provider relationship with this new awareness. (Author)

This planning guide is intended as a reference for individuals developing a self-directed health promotion/wellness program for older women. The introduction defines the concept of wellness, and the seven tasks involved in the action planning process. Six steps in designing a program are outlined, including laying the groundwork, targeting…

A project is described that provides activities which allow children to learn about their physical health by using themselves as experimental subjects. (JD)

Several of the American Heart Association's education programs are described. The newest program is Heart Health Education in the Young, designed to stress the importance of early risk factor education. (JMF)

Describes a health fair conducted by the University of Texas at Austin and sponsored by the Health Information and Education Office at the Student Health Center. Its goal was to identify student health concerns and to respond programmatically. (Author/RK)

In Clinton, Iowa, some fourth graders have benefited from a different sort of program, setting up what they have labeled their "morgue". Article described how the students brought some excitement to learning about the insides of their bodies. (Editor/RK)

Health games and simulations which are inexpensive and require minimal preparation time are presented. Learning activities focus on drug knowledge, reproductive system knowledge, nutrition information, and alcohol abuse. (JN)

Describes activities in nutrition education, such as data analysis of lists of quantities and kinds of food eaten by students, listing of television commercials and frequencies of food advertised, school-wide surveys, requests to vending machine companies for more nutritional selections, and organization of a Food Day assembly. (CS)

This book provides an activity-oriented guide to a nutrition instruction program. The 56 activities, described and illustrated, are suitable for children from the third to the sixth grade. For each activity, a description is presented as well as the purpose of the activity, materials and resources needed, and the procedures to follow. Reproducible…

A course that introduces students to available health agencies and the services they perform is described in this article. (RC)

Screening for spine deformities, particularly idiopathic adolescent scoliosis among children aged 10-13 in the Kansas schools, is outlined. (JMF)

Out-of-school activities are described for students enrolled in health courses. (JD)

This activity and coloring booklet has been designed to supplement health lessons for primary grades students. Some of the activities are quite simple and require very little instruction and direction, while others are more difficult and require careful explanation prior to completion. The level of difficulty of the activities is varied in order…