This article looks at the patient education program and explains the role of the patient education intern at Central Michigan University. Included are helpful recommendations for persons interested in developing similar health education programs. (YG)

The behavior of children with alcoholic parents is frequently seriously affected, but such children receive little or no attention. The article looks at this problem and suggests ways in which school personnel can assist. (YG)

In a course on emergency services, students learn how to make proper use of emergency vehicle services and realize the importance of facilitating the work of these services. (PBS)

Discussed here are some logistics together with cost-benefit implications to justify the maintenance of a school nursing service within the school health program. (YG)

A brief report on the rationale for and procedures involved in the development of a Heart Health Curriculum Guide by teachers of the Peabody Public Schools under a Massachusetts Public Health Grant is given. (YG)

The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education offers a health education minor leading to certification as a teacher of health. (MM)

A methodology is described to utilize dormitory parents in direct care activities for the early intervention of behavioral problems of the school-age child. (MM)

Although the term venereal disease has been synonymous with gonorrhea and syphilis, the Center for Disease Control now states that the number of new cases of herpes simplex, trichomoniasis, and candidiasis is rapidly approaching the number of cases of syphilis and gonorrhea. (MM)

Mass screening of school-age children for ventilatory function was shown to be a useful approach for the detection of obstructive pulmonary disease. (MM)

An example of the phenomenon termed involuntary deviance is presented to illustrate the need for educators to be familiar with their students' medical problems and to help decrease the social stigma attached to some unavoidable health conditions. (MM)

A unique contract between the National Center for Health Education and the Bureau of Health Education has provided an opportunity for progress in the field of school health education. (MM)

Although fetal alcohol syndrome is a preventable disease, it is hard to control because identification of the alcoholic mother is difficult. (MM)

This article describes the similarities between the components of interpersonal compatibility and the quality of a health educator's person-profession relationship. (MM)

Natural history museums are ideal places to supplement the teaching and learning of health. (MM)

The evaluation methods, the characteristics of the study population, and some preliminary results of the first year of a three-year study of a demonstration school health program are reported. The principal measures of health care used are episodes if care and the Health Guarded Child Index. (JMF)