Session: State of the Art School Health Curricula

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

3070.0: Monday, November 11, 2002: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Roundtable

State of the Art School Health Curricula

This session offers an opportunity to explore several examples of applying research findings to instruction within the school health curriculum. It also provides an opportunity to learn of innovative approaches for introducing controversial subjects into school curricula.

Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to 1. link research to practice in curriculum development and implemention and 2. identify and discuss several innovative approaches to introducing controversial subjects into the school curricula.

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organizer(s):

William B. Cissell, PhD, CHES

Presider(s):

Fred L. Peterson, PhD

Part 1

Table 1

Developing and Introducing School Curriculum on Sexuality: A Challenge
Ismat Bhuiya, MSc MPH, Ubaidur Rob, Ph D, M. E. Khan, PhD, Laila Rahman, MCom

Table 2

Withdrawn -- Community Health Investigator Project: Changes in urban middle school students' knowledge and attitudes about sexually transmitted diseases resulting from a project-based science curriculum
Kathleen Ford, PhD

Table 2

Does teaching about HIV/AIDS impact on student attitudes and behaviors? : 15 years experience with interdisciplinary education as a public health intervention
Ronald P Strauss, DMD, PhD, Charles M. van der Horst, MD, Catherine Boland Emrick, MPH, Rosemary G. McKaig, MPH, PhD, Ralph H. Raasch, PhD, Chris M. McQuiston, PhD

Table 3

Community Health Investigator Project
Barbara Hug, PhD, Irene S. Bayer, MHSA

Table 4

Starting early: Initiating an adolescent pregnancy prevention program for 5th grade students
Karen M. Anderson, PhD, Melissa Davis, Barbara Wingrove, MPH, M. Nabil El-Khorazaty, PhD, Brinda Bhaskar, MS, Leslie Walker, MD, Helen P. Koo, PhD, Renee Jenkins, MD

Table 5

Evidence-based pre-service school health promotion in teacher education: Linking research to best practices
Fred L. Peterson, PhD, Tammy J. Jordan, MEd

Table 6

Withdrawn -- Community Health Investigator Project: Incorporating school health education in middle school science curriculum
Ronald W. Marx, PhD, Joseph S. Krajcik, Professor

Table 6

Implementing and evaluating a Youth Media Literacy Campaign
Jill Center, MPH

Table 8

Withdrawn -- Community Health Investigator Project: Lessons learned and potential opportunities
Toby Citrin, JD

Part 2

Table 1

Withdrawn -- Community Health Investigator Project: Barriers and opportunities to community partnership as a component of science education in schools
Irene S. Bayer, MHSA

Organized by:

School Health Education and Services

Endorsed by:

Women's Caucus

CE Credits:

Health Education (CHES), Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA