One of the goals of "Healthy People 2010" is to decrease the incidence of limitation in physical activity due to arthritis. Physical education, recreation, and dance professionals can play an important role in meeting this objective by addressing barriers to physical activity and exercise in older adults with arthritis, and by successfully…

An essay on the status of health education in one state which illustrates some of the apparent inconsistencies in the health education process which we should recognize are not limited to one state alone. This report was presented to the Research Council of the 46th annual meeting of ASHA, San Diego, California, October 1972. (Author)

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)

Examined the differences in personal health practices by family type--single-parent versus two-parent--and the relationship of family characteristics--socialization practices, extent of social networks, health training efforts by parents, family socioeconomic status to personal health practices in single-parent and two-parent families (N=41).…

Describes a system of appraisal in health education leading to continuous adjustment of curriculum and evaluation processes developed by the local school district. (GB)

It would be inaccurate to issue an epitaph for college health services. With an increased reliance upon community resources, college health personnel can allocate their resources to their rebirth. An analysis of the student development framework reveals numerous elements that are naturally suitable for future efforts of college health personnel.…

This paper is directed toward the role of educational institutions, schools and colleges in the health education process. Presented at the Regional Meeting of the President's Committee on Health Education, Georgia Power Company building, Atlanta, 1972. (Author)

Motivational factors affecting self-responsibility for health are analyzed and the relationship and importance of ability and effort as causal factors in health outcomes are examined. (JMF)

This study was undertaken to examine the constellation of attitudes and beliefs felt to be related to health behavior. Two types of health messages were delivered to a group of teenage camp counselors on the disease diabetes. Their attitudes toward the disease in terms of their perception of vulnerability to it, their perception of its severity,…

A presentation of eight approaches to curriculum planning and teaching which are meant to give perspective in considering new frontiers in health education. (Author)

Author discusses scientific reinforcement of good health habits now being taught largely by common sense and faith alone. (GB)

Can health education at the elementary level provide total involvement of the student? The Ethel K. Frye Elementary School of the Rush-Henrietta Central School District has developed a unique kindergarten health education resource center described in this article, which has proven the effectiveness of learning by doing. (Author)

Examined antecedents and consequences of 4 markers of physical activity (n=6,780). When added to traditional models predicting subsequent mortality, nursing home placement, hospital resource consumption, and changes in functional status, the four markers of physical activity have numerous statistical and substantively significant associations, all…

While the relationships between health behavior and health status and between health status and perceived quality of life have received some attention, the association between health behaviors and quality of life has not been determined. The primary objective of this study was to assess the effects of health behaviors on quality of life that are…

Explains the benefits of physical exercises to the human body, pointing out that inactivity is the major contributor to the lack of physical fitness in America. Concludes that sugar, which has no nutritional value, is very harmful to the body. (GA)