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ERIC Number: EJ644132
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4391
Health Educators' Role in Promoting Health Literacy and Advocacy for the 21st Century.
Tappe, Marlene K.; Galer-Unti, Regina A.
Journal of School Health, v71 n10 p477-82 Dec 2001
Discusses the relationship between health literacy and advocacy for health and health education, identifying health advocacy competencies for students and teachers, delineating health education's role in developing health-literate citizens and training health educators as advocates, and examining recent initiatives in school health education and health programs to identify content and strategies for developing students' and teachers' health advocacy skills. (SM)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Comprehensive School Health Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Health Promotion, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Role
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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