Various perspectives on the inclusion of death education in health education curricula are offered. Discussed are: (1) positive and negative attitudes toward death; (2) teacher competence, qualifications, and skills; (3) religious beliefs about death; (4) Kubler-Ross's Five Stages of Dying; and (5) political implications of teaching about death.…

Sex education in the schools is often too late and can only be remedial. What is needed is prevention by education and parent involvement. Parents have an obligation to talk about sex and sexuality to their children, during their first 10 years of life, and to help them develop sexually. (CJ)

Issues in the development of community health education programs for rural areas include: (1) knowledge of disease processes; (2) health care intervention; (3) systems intervention; (4) ethics for change; and (5) program implementation. (JN)

A sex education outreach program emphasizing values, moral reasoning, and approaches to problem solving was developed in response to the rise in teenage pregnancies. Aspects of the sex education program structure included: (1) decision making regarding sex; (2) contraception; (3) parental involvement; (4) outreach volunteer training; and (5)…

Health systems agencies are federally funded, health planning agencies responsible for regulatory activities concerning health issues in specific geographic locations. A case history discusses how health educators worked with a health systems agency to improve school health education. (JN)

After reviewing the post-World War II history and the current status of health education, the author, a 1982 American Association for Health Education scholar, looks at the challenging vista ahead for health education. (CJ)

Health education advocates should improve relationships with legislators of health education programs through: (1) getting to know legislators; (2) understanding the legislative process; (3) providing factual information to legislators; (4) respecting the legislative institution; (5) taking small steps toward large legislative goals; (6) linking…

The School District of Philadelphia, through federal grants, has developed and provided several nutrition education programs for its schools. Programs concern: (1) a multimedia participation unit that motivates interest in nutrition; (2) parent involvement; (3) staff development; (4) workshops; (5) a nutrition newsletter; and (6) a nutrition…

The Life Change Unit Rating Scale for College Students, included in this article, was developed to be used as a teaching tool in the discussion of stress and as a measuring device to determine the amount of stress caused through life changes and life events. (CJ)

The Xerox Corporation's Health Management Program (XHMP), designed to maintain and improve employee fitness, is described. Competencies specific to the health educator function of the fitness specialist, who assists XHMP clients in their fitness programs, are outlined. (CJ)

Focuses on specific ways of strengthening health education at the secondary school level. (DM)

A new perspective on the health status of African Americans in the United States is presented as a foundation for developing ethnically acceptable, culturally sensitive health education programs. Health educators must scrutinize social, economic, and political contexts within which minority populations are exposed to health risk factors. (SM)

Discusses a survey of 498 parents from 2 midwest cities. Responses to questionnaires indicated that parents considered normal weight very important to children's health. Most felt it was not the schools' job to treat obesity. Many supported physical education classes teaching lifelong fitness or food and weight control. (SM)

A questionnaire that included topics derived from the Surgeon General's Report on AIDS was sent to 148 parents. Responses indicated that most parents favored all topics as appropriate. They were more supportive of sex-related AIDS education topics than they were of sex education a few years ago. (SM)

Studies reveal that potential health values exist in use of pets in the rehabilitation process. Animal therapy can be a salutary form of rehabilitation if the program is organized, supervised, and implemented in a professional manner. (JD)