RT Journal
T1 HEalth education in the elementary school
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1959
FD June 6
VO 170
IS 6
SP 755
OP 755
DO 10.1001/jama.1959.03010060123036
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1959.03010060123036
AB Foundations for health are laid, in large measure, before the child enters school, but the formative elementary-school years are also crucial for fostering growth and development and nurturing health. During this period the teacher's health education activities reinforce and supplement the health efforts of the home. To carry out his health-supporting role the teacher needs to know something about the characteristics of healthy children. He needs to know also how to single out children whose behavior or appearance suggests that something may be wrong with their health and how to refer them for medical investigation. Finally, and most important, he needs to know how to teach health and how to foster healthful living in his classroom.This book attempts to provide the teacher or prospective teacher with knowledge and skills to achieve these goals. For the most part it accomplishes this purpose although at times there seems to be excessive