This curriculum guide describes the content of the curriculum of the senior home economics program for high schools in Manitoba. The curriculum, revised to foster both intellectual and personal growth and enhance a positive life-style, encompasses primary skills of inferring, synthesizing, analyzing, and evaluating, as well as a complete range of…

The purpose of this study was to determine the needs related to nutrition education in the state of Hawaii. Twenty-four-hour diet recalls were obtained from 932 students in grades 5, 8, and 11. Larger percentages of older children than younger children reported diets poor in nutritional quality. Cholesterol intake of males increased with age and…

Describes services, programs, and funding for the various senior centers in Frankin County, New York, which has a predominately rural, low-income population. Services include bus transportation, nutrition programs, health and financial assistance, and social events. (MF)

This article describes the development of the Tennessee Health Education Project to establish and implement a senior high school health education curriculum to serve as a model for other school systems. (PD)

The following witnesses testified before these hearings of the Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs: Mrs. G. Marsh, area consultant, Division of Food and Nutrition Services, Pennsylvania Department of Education; Mrs. G. Chegwidden, director, School Food Service, Franklin Regional School District, Murrysville, Pa.; Mr. S. Lympany, senior…

Examined dissemination and implementation of a community-based, peer-led nutrition teaching program in secondary schools. Surveys studied teacher and school characteristics associated with program receipt and use. About half of junior high and one-third of senior high teachers received the program, and three-quarters of those used it. (SM)

Primary health and nutrition have been linked with communication in a variety of well-publicized projects. This partnership between communication and nutrition was made necessary by the confrontation between an expanded demand for services and limited resources for meeting the demand. Senior officials have a substantial role to play in seeing that…

Intended for teachers and administrators in special education, the curriculum guide offers information on planning a health education program for educable mentally handicapped children in senior high school. Sections preceding the actual guide include information on specific goals of and elements necessary for a successful health education…

A statewide assessment of the nutrition education and training needs of children, teachers, and food service personnel in Hawaiian schools was conducted through surveys of administrators, teachers, food service managers, school nurses, students, parents, community agencies, an evaluation of classroom materials, a literature search, and a 24-hour…

Traditionally, undergraduate curriculum committees, consisting of appointed faculty and student representatives, have served as the sole departmental vehicle for investigating, discussing and promoting the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) within an academic department. However, with the universal demand for greater accountability on all…

This hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs began with opening statements by a number of senators. Following this, statements were made by a number of witnesses, including Hon. Claude Pepper, a U.S. Representative from the Eleventh District of the State of Florida; Dr. Jean Mayer, professor of nutrition, Harvard…

The Seniors Teaching Seniors project was conducted at the Columbia University Brookdale Institute on Aging and Adult Development to train older adults to communicate more effectively their skills and expertise. Older adults were to develop teaching skills so that they could conduct classes at senior centers. Two older-adult volunteers were…

Twelve articles on aging address the needs of older adults. Discussed are effects of physical activity on the aging process, physical assessment procedures, nutrition, dance, aerobics, fitness needs, recreation needs, and even in-home activities for seniors. A listing of resource agencies, books, records, cassettes, journals and indexes is…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 11 and 12. SUBJECT MATTER: Home economics (consumer economics and management, family development, and housing). ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide has two chapters, one for grade 11 subdivided into two sections: 1) Family Development and 2) Textiles and Clothing, and one for grade 12, also in two sections: 1)…

The problems of the aged include: inadequate health care, insufficient income, transportation, substandard housing, crime victimization, poor nutrition, loss of home, sense of being valueless, forced retirement and apathy from the police. Survey objectives were: determination of the extent to which cities were serving senior populations and how…