Describes the "Federal Register" system as the vehicle for federal agencies to communicate with the public and briefly outlines the advantages of this centralized system as well as the problem presented by the mass of information published. (JMF)

A brief outline of the "Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance" is offered. A resource for anyone seeking funding, the catalog provides information submitted by federal agencies themselves; describes assistance programs ranging from direct grants for projects to the provision of expert information. (JMF)

Highlights the current (1977) edition of the "Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance" including improvements over past editions as well as the significant problems. (JMF)

Presents guidelines for health educators to follow in their quest for funding health-related programs and research including sources of funding and suggestions for proposal writing. (JMF)

Provides a list of 132 programs administered by the Office of Education covering every level and aspect of education and the funds appropriated by Congress for fiscal 1978 in support of them. Programs are presented in categories or groupings that indicate whether they serve individuals or institutions, and the nature of their support. (JMF)

A rationale for employing a variety of teaching methods in health education is presented along with a list of methods to achieve that end. A bibliography provides sources for reviewing the methods described. (JMF)

Our concepts about the nature of health are linked to concepts of the nature of man, which historically have been: natural evil (Middle Ages, Reformation), natural goodness (Age of Reason, 18th century), evolving (19th century) and aspiring (20th century). (MJB)

The will to live is not a theoretical abstraction, but a physiological reality with therapeutic characteristics. (Author)

The author conveys a sense of the term "health" as connoting not a passive state of freedom from disease, but an active condition of being, of growth, development, and evolution. (Author/MJB)

The author presents results of a questionnaire investigating the opinions of college and university health educators on (1) the definition of health, (2) the definition and meaning of health education, and (3) the scope and nature of health education. (MJB)

If we are serious about developing healthy people, we must become revolutionaries, because the values that promote positive health are clearly the inverse of those of present society. With more realistic goals, however, we may find that we can accomplish much more than we think. (Author)

Health is a dynamic state of interactive personal and socioecological wellbeing. (Author)

Health is a multidisciplinary field, and the ideal health educator is well versed in physiodynamics, psychodynamics, and sociodynamics; in addition, the health educator must understand and communicate the interrelationship between these facts of health. (MJB)

The right to needed health care is a practical, implementable concept, but it must be balanced by an equal emphasis on the responsibility of individuals for maintaining good health habits. (MJB)

Elementary education majors can effectively use puppets and puppetry in teaching health concepts to elementary school pupils. (MJB)