This article offers an overview of the death education movement. (MM)

Suggestions for the preparation and development of manuscripts for scholarly journals are presented. Included are suggestions for generating ideas and a list of common reasons for rejection of articles. (JMF)

National Research Council files were analyzed to develop demographic profiles of U.S. health education doctoral graduates. Significant data reported include graduation rate; age, marital, and citizenship status; predoctoral degrees and time to degree; postdoctoral plans; work activity and region of employment; and degree-granting institutions. (SM)

A comprehensive bibliography of publications on the subject of death education is presented. Listed items represent only those published over the past 8 years. The listing is divided into articles and books which have focused on various dimensions of dying and death and those which deal exclusively with suicide and life-threatening behavior. Only…

A commitment to lifelong health education through the community concept holds promise for rural America. (MM)

The author identifies a number of critical health concerns that health education professionals must begin to address if the possibility of a healthy society is to eventuate. (MJB)

Health education curriculum has responded to the need to include teacher preparation experiences in death education. While death education is gaining wide acceptance, little effort has been made to guarantee quality instruction. A list of competencies are provided for the edification of the effective death educator. (JN)

The rapid growth of death education is accompanied by the need for the delineation of course objectives, teaching strategies, and assessment techniques. (JMF)

A study attempted to provide answers to three questions: (1) How often are articles from six frequently used health education journals referenced by authors writing for the same journals? (2) What is the citation frequency of articles from four other selected health journals within these six journals? and (3) What factors govern the likelihood of…

A recent survey solicited information from the health education departments of 146 colleges and universities to obtain an estimation of the number of blacks pursuing graduate study in health education as well as the number of black health education professionals serving on the faculty on predominantly white campuses. A second focus of the study…

Quality research is vital to the well-being of any academic discipline. Rather than discourage research and its subsequent publication, every effort should be made to encourage quality production and to disseminate findings in the most feasible and practical manner possible. (JD)

Cites statistics on such adolescent problems as pregnancy, drugs, and obesity as evidence of the serious neglect and alienation of this age group in an era of family instability and declining social roles for youth. Urges educators to give concerted attention to the physical, mental, and health needs of adolescents. (SJL)

Increased emphasis on physical fitness, fitness within industry, and preventive medicine may encourage the integration of holistic health care programs into school health education. (LH)

Analysis of four trends in health education in the last decade focuses on: (1) shift from disease prevention to social concerns; (2) growing concern for quality of life-style; (3) greater emphasis on teacher preparation and curriculum development and less emphasis on program implementation; and (4) increases in the number of papers dealing with…