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ERIC Number: EJ897366
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 7
Abstractor: ERIC
Reference Count: 29
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1932-5037
Health-Literate Youth: Evolving Challenges for Health Educators
Fetro, Joyce V.
American Journal of Health Education, v41 n5 p258-264 Sep-Oct 2010
This article presents the author's AAHE Scholar presentation at the 2010 AAHE annual meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana. In her discussion, the author addresses what she sees to be some evolving challenges for health educators working with youth as well as some possible strategies for addressing them. These evolving challenges are: (1) understanding health literacy; (2) competing initiatives; (3) responding to health crises; and (4) the generation M2. (Contains 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Health Education, Health Services, Adolescents, Literacy, Educational Strategies, Standards, Federal Legislation, Teaching Methods, High Schools, Higher Education, Academic Achievement
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: High Schools; Higher Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: No Child Left Behind Act 2001