There should be health activities designed in the future for public health education and these should be identified so as to be distinguished from those that train health educators. (JA)

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)

The author argues that legitimacy in curriculum offerings will result from exemplary programs serving community needs and involving community resources, rather than from legislative effort. In reviewing unsuccessful attempts to legislate a health education program in Nebraska, the following observations are made: (1) legislation…

Study of the four years of legislative hearing related to school health education in Nebraska reveals the difficulties of achieving quality school health education programs through legislation. Reestablished priorities emphasizing examples of good health education have achieved what intended legislation failed to do. (JMF)

Natural history museums are ideal places to supplement the teaching and learning of health. (MM)

The values of computer-based content analysis techniques and the application of a variety of analytical methods in areas related to health education are discussed. (JD)

An analysis is made of the cost effectiveness of school health services and their ultimate benefits to the school health care system. The cost of health services is calculated against the various types of services provided to students. (JN)

Studies indicate that adolescents smoke to obtain a desirable image, rather than from direct pressure from peers. Suggestions for using peer influence to make favorable changes in health behaviors are offered. (DF)

School officials can use school nurses' sickroom records to improve health and accident prevention programs. (JD)

In 1983 the Nebraska Prevention Center for Alcohol and Drug Abuse began a project to develop and evaluate an educational program designed to discourage young people from taking up the smoking habit and to encourage those who smoke to quit. The second evaluation of this smoking curriculum had two components: a 1-year follow-up evaluation of the…

This paper reports on a survey conducted to assist the health education faculty of the Nebraska Center for Health Education, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The objectives of the study were to: (1) gather base line data on the health knowledge and behavior of a sample of Nebraska junior high school students; (2) compare Nebraska junior high school…

A close working relationship between the school nurse and the health care educator improves total school health service. (JD)

This paper reports an investigation on the educational impact of warning labels on cigarette packages on adolescents. Subjects were asked to identify the locations of warning labels on cigarette packages and advertising and to restate the warning label. Results indicated that official warnings may be well known in general terms but poorly known in…

This paper describes an attempt to use a model of behavioral intention as a diagnostic tool to provide useful data for the preparation of health education programs for adolescents in the area of cigarette smoking. The theory of this model is that a person's behavior is a function of their behavioral intention which, in turn, is a function of their…