Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ538543
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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Bloodborne Pathogen Control Efforts for Physical Education and Athletic Programs in Southern States.
Whiddon, Sue; Horodyski, MaryBeth
Physical Educator, v53 n3 p132-36 Fall 1996
Study examined roles assumed by state departments of education in bloodborne pathogen exposure control to protect physical educators and athletic coaches from contracting HIV and hepatitis B. Surveys indicated that 75% of states required written exposure control plans, but many failed to require full compliance with mandated federal guidelines. (SM)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Athletic Coaches, Athletics, Board of Education Policy, Communicable Diseases, Disease Control, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Promotion, Higher Education, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Public Schools, State Departments of Education
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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