Physical therapy following a sports injury is discussed in this article with examples of exercises for rehabilitating the ankle and knee. (JD)

This article describes a program for teaching teen-aged girls how to examine themselves for breast cancer. (JD)

Results are given of a follow-up quiz taken by third- and fourth-graders six weeks after dental inspection and instruction. (PBS)

The author describes a comprehensive health services program of treatment health education and vigorous follow-up designed to meet the needs of primarily low-income, minority children (k, 3-6) in Harlem. (MB)

This article describes four forms of international health education (example, direct health education, indirect health education, and professional education) and discusses dilemmas arising from (1) changing health and disease conditions, (2) socioeconomic status, (3) educational level, (4) humanistic idealism, and (5) individual and cultural…

Considerations for involving adolescents in the planning of sex education include (1) improved awareness of student needs, (2) correct "tailoring" of the program to fit the target population, and (3) aiding in the maturation and development of adolescents as health consumers and practitioners. (MB)

The author offers twelve suggestions for making student psychological reports timely, meaningful, and useful. (MB)

This article presents a further analysis of data obtained from a study of first- and third-grade school children in Delaware and assesses the association of mothers' working status and their decision to keep the child at home from school. (MB)

Solutions to the massive problems of sex and sexuality are not apparent; however, it is obvious that old approaches are not working and that a whole new reassessment of fundamentals may be in order. (MB)

Improvement in health service delivery and health education was made in La Plata County, Colorado, by hiring seven health aides and a nurse-health coordinator to run a fifth- and tenth-grade health course involving physical exams, field trips, classroom instruction, and inservice training of teachers. (MB)

Study of an Iowa junior high school revealed that: (1) seventh grade pupils' knowledge levels were raised after studying human reproduction concepts and that (2) the pupils were of the opinion that human reproduction studies should be included in life science classes. (MB)

The increasing sophistication of school health program evaluation procedures tends to parallel or reflect the development of the total school health program. (JD)

A school nurse must often meet varied demands of students, school personnel, and parents; if she has a clear perception of her role and its limits and takes every opportunity for developing her own potential, she is in a unique position to assume a role of major importance in the pupil personnel team within the school. (JD)