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Article: The role of affect and social relationships in health behavior and school health curriculum and instruction.
- Article from:
- Journal of School Health
- Article date:
- April 1, 1990
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For nearly 150 years, the importance of health education has been recognized, and for almost the same length of time, it has been clear that health education belongs in school. [1,2] While much has been accomplished, health education once again is under a paradoxical form of pressure: it is being called upon to help stem the tide of such serious public health problems as substance abuse, irresponsible sexual behaviors, and AIDS, and it also is being crowded out of school curricula to make way for more so-called academic content and skill-building activities. That the former should occur is well justified. Reviews of empirical studies of health education programs show ...