Evaluated the impact of Accessing Community Care through Eastside Social Services (ACCESS), a program that provided indigent patients with free primary care, on inpatient admissions, emergency room (ER) visits, and subsequent charges. Data on 19 people before and after program enrollment showed significant decreases in ER visits following…

Provides advice for school counselors on promoting healthy body image among middle school students. Interventions for the promotion of healthy body image at individual, group, and systemic levels can offer students a protective factor for common disruptions associated with puberty and the transition into middle school. Outlines issues for…

Asserts that the social context of coming out may be vital to the overall psychological health and well-being of gay youth and to their HIV risk behavior. Coming out is a multifaceted developmental process. Interventions targeting anti-gay attitudes and behaviors in families, schools, and communities, in addition to combating discriminatory social…

Investigated whether a mailed health promotion program would reduce outpatient visits while improving health status among people with chronic conditions and high visit rates in a managed care organization. Surveys of treatment and control groups before and 1 year after randomization indicated that the program reduced visit rates while improving…

Investigated relationships among demographics, self-esteem, health locus of control, health promotion activities, perceived health, and functional health ratings in 179 older adults. Discovered meaningful and significant relationships suggesting that exercise and nutrition may be critical health promotion activities associated with better scores…

This article discusses the onset and progression of AIDS, its importance as a public health issue, and reducing the risk of AIDS transmission among athletes and those who work with them, including team physicians and athletic trainers. (IAH)

This article discusses role delineation in the health education profession, defines and presents principles of health care marketing, describes marketing plan development, and examines major ethical issues associated with health care marketing when utilized by community health educators. A marketing plan format for community health education is…

For comprehensive school health education to become a reality, health educators must become competent in influencing politicians and public opinion. This requires health educators to work effectively with print and broadcast journalists. Suggestions are given on planning and implementing press conferences and releases. (IAH)

Physical education should primarily promote health-related physical fitness, characterized by an ability to perform daily activities with vigor, and demonstration of traits and capacities associated with low risk of premature development of inactivity-related diseases. (Author/CB)

Students' self-testing experiences and the proper use of reinforcement by teachers are components of the ongoing process to shape fitness behaviors during the school years and beyond. (IAH)

A review of literature related to the effectiveness of dietary interventions in controlling blood pressure concludes that the existing literature contains sufficient evidence to identify successful dietary intervention techniques, in either the short or long term, which modify sodium intake, fat intake, or calorie intake in middle-aged men. (IAH)

This article outlines the context, conceptual bases, and conduct of a project for Southeast Asian refugees, designed to demonstrate that a valid community-based coalition can synergistically promote cardiovascular health through prevention, detection, and control of high blood pressure. (IAH)

Meridian Healthcare has developed policy and implemented staff training regarding the care of persons with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in its long-term care facilities. In addition to a universal precaution policy and a safe workplace policy, the program includes education for employees' families and facility residents to dispel their…

In terms of physical impact, recent studies suggest that many benefits previously attributed to exercise as a factor in weight loss do not exist. Researchers do seem to agree that exercise does have a positive effect on body composition during weight loss. (IAH)

Exercises and classroom activities that familiarize students with the "human body machine" are the focus of this article which addresses the decline in elementary student health and fitness. A reproducible worksheet, "Benefits of Exercise Worksheet", is included. (IAH)