The author identifies a number of critical health concerns that health education professionals must begin to address if the possibility of a healthy society is to eventuate. (MJB)

A pilot course in nutrition for fifth-grade students with cultural endemic obesity resulted in a significant rise in knowledge level of the experimental group, but no significant change of dietary habits, in comparison with a control group. (MJB)

Two forums on the collegiate-level basic health course were held at the annual American School Health Association convention to discuss basic criteria (e.g., time schedules, teaching staff, grading, instructional strategies) and course content as taught at various universities. (MJB)

Data are presented drawn from a questionnaire exploring field work programs at nearly 200 colleges and universities offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in health education as these relate to the needs of international students registered with those institutions. (MJB)

A rapid effective method for the detection of scoliosis (spinal curvature) has been developed which takes no more than thirty seconds per student. (MJB)

The process of developing and publishing a volunteer-developed community health services directory is discussed. (MJB)

An outline for school physicians developed during an investigation of support services for special education programs in Washington state provides information on possible contributions they might make to such programs (other than the provision of direct medical care to students). (MJB)

The author describes some physical responses to emotional and psychological stimuli, delineates basic human needs that must be satisfied, and suggests some preventive measures and interventions that the school nurse may initiate. (MJB)

The author describe the role that stress plays in diseases such as headaches, colitis and ulcers, diarrhea, allergies, hypertension, and cancer, and suggests methods for reducing stress. (MJB)

The authors have developed a screening instrument for the identification of learning problems in preschool children, based upon research into the relationship between perinatal history, developmental abnormalities, and later emergence of learning problems. (MJB)

The author presents a discussion of (1) the development during childhood years of a concept about death; (2) seriously ill and bereaved children in the school setting; and (3) death education in the schools. (MJB)

The article focuses on the parent role in the education of autistic children, considers problems experienced by families of autistic children, methods of school-parent cooperation, and gains possible through cooperative program development. The program of the Brentwood (California) Center for Educational Therapy is described. (MJB)

Effective procedures used for initiating a student health-related peer group program in the New York City public high school system are identified, and a replicable model for forming peer groups is discussed. (MJB)

Views are presented on education and health education that a student teacher should consider in a search for excellence in teaching, including the interest of health education to the student, nature of the learning process, development of a learning climate, and others. (MJB)

The author discusses the emergence of multivariate statistical methods, presents selected methods (functional and structural) and their applications, and discusses some practical guidelines and limitations concerning their use in health research. (MJB)