title: Self-esteem and health instruction: challenges for curriculum development.
abstract: A review of literature on self-esteem and its role in health education raises questions about the extent to which health education can influence student self-esteem through direct and indirect instruction. This article operationally defines self-esteem, discusses the role of health education in developing self-esteem through direct and indirect instruction, interprets evidence that self-esteem is affected by health education curricula, and discusses challenges facing health educators in curriculum development, instruction, and evaluation of self-esteem as a realistic component of health education curricula.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Health Promotion and Behavior, University of Georgia, Athens 30602.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Fors
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D010379:Peer Group; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012572:School Health Services; D012649:Self Concept; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods