title: School health education: a foundation for school health programs.
abstract: This article describes the present status of health instruction--one of the original three components of the school health program--and suggests ways to improve its effectiveness as one of the eight components of a comprehensive school health promotion program. The article also demonstrates the complexity of the theory base, content, methodology, and outcome expectations of health instruction; a complexity that demands the subject be taught by teachers who are thoroughly prepared and committed to teaching health.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Health Education, University of Maryland, College Park 20742.
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Lohrmann
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Gold
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Jubb
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003479:Curriculum; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans