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Research In School Health Education: A Needs Assessment, Lloyd Kolbe, Donald Iverson
Research In School Health Education: A Needs Assessment, Lloyd Kolbe, Donald Iverson
Don C. Iverson
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Preventing Hiv Infection Among Adolescents: Evaluation Of A School-Based Education Program, D Main, Donald Iverson, J Mcgloin, S Banspach, J Collins, D Rugg, Lloyd Kolbe
Preventing Hiv Infection Among Adolescents: Evaluation Of A School-Based Education Program, D Main, Donald Iverson, J Mcgloin, S Banspach, J Collins, D Rugg, Lloyd Kolbe
Don C. Iverson
Background. This article reports the results of the impact of aschool-based HIV prevention intervention on students′ knowledge, attitudes, and behavior related to HIV infection. Methods. Seventeen schools within six Colorado school districts were assigned to either intervention or comparison conditions. Students in 10 schools received a 15-session, skills-based HIV prevention curriculum implemented by trained teachers. A total of 2,844 students completed at least one survey during the study period; surveys were matched using demographic questions, yielding a cohort of 979 students who had baseline and 6-month follow-up data. Results. Intervention students exhibited greater knowledge about HIV and greater intent to …
The School Health Curriculum Project: Its Theory, Practice, And Measurement Experience, Lawrence Green, Phil Heit, Donald Iverson, Lloyd Kolbe, Marshall Kreuter
The School Health Curriculum Project: Its Theory, Practice, And Measurement Experience, Lawrence Green, Phil Heit, Donald Iverson, Lloyd Kolbe, Marshall Kreuter
Don C. Iverson
The School Health Curriculum Project(SHCP), initiated over a decade ago to provide a health education curriculum package for elemen tary students, has been widely and variously evaluated. In analyzing studies designed to assess the effectiveness of the SHCP, it was recognized that the measured impact of this project (or any health education intervention) would derive from the adequacy of the theory upon which the program is based, the adequacy of its implementation, and the adequacy of its measurement. Hence, an examination of the theoretical base of the SHCP and its variance in practice was conducted. In addition, a metaevaluation of …
School Health Education, Lawrence Green, Donald Iverson
School Health Education, Lawrence Green, Donald Iverson
Don C. Iverson
In this review we assess the recent developments in research and practice pertaining to health education in schools. We begin by defining school health education within the broader framework of community health education and promotion. The shifting priorities, purposes, and assumptions of school health education are traced and attributed. They lead to a new generation of problems and methods that call for a concentration of research on ways to combine the classroom contributions of health education with the broader organizational, economic, and environmental supports that will predispose, enable, and reinforce behavior conducive to health.
Design Of The School Health Education Evaluation, Walter Gunn, Donald Iverson, Martha Katz
Design Of The School Health Education Evaluation, Walter Gunn, Donald Iverson, Martha Katz
Don C. Iverson
The nation's public schools can systematically promote the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary for good health. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services contracted to evaluate the School Health Curriculum Project and three other approaches. The design, implementation, and benefits of the School Health Education Evaluation (SHEE) are discussed.
Integrating School Of Community Efforts To Promote Health: Strategies, Policies, And Methods, Lloyd Kolbe, Donald Iverson
Integrating School Of Community Efforts To Promote Health: Strategies, Policies, And Methods, Lloyd Kolbe, Donald Iverson
Don C. Iverson
The purposeful integration of school and community efforts indeed may be the critical element in a formula to promote the health of school-aged children and youth. Obviously there are numerous strategies, policies, and methods to functionally integrate school and community activities. As concluded by the Director of the U.S. Office of Maternal and Child Health in a paper on "New Policies in School Health": What is required, then, are not new policies in school health, but, a reaffirmation and implementation of policies that have been with us for many years.
Issues Related To Designing And Conducting School Health Education Research, Donald Iverson
Issues Related To Designing And Conducting School Health Education Research, Donald Iverson
Don C. Iverson
Investigators interested in conducting school health research face many important challenges. First, an appropriate research course for school health must be charted so the most important research issues are addressed in a systematic way. Second, there is a continuing need to develop scientifically sound research methods that can be used in the school setting. Third, there is the immediate need to identify ways of overcoming the usual problems encountered in the conduct of school health research. This paper focuses on the third challenge, via an analysis of the research design and measurement issues that most frequently confront school health researchers. …