ABSTRACT
The School Health Curriculum Project (SHCP) and three promising health education approaches, Project Prevention, 3 Rs and High Blood Pressure (HBP), and Health Education Curriculum Guide, were the curricula used in the School Health Education Evaluation (SHEE) project. This paper contains program descriptions of each, and a brief description of the process that led to their selection. Inclusion of the School Health Curriculum Project (SHCP) was mandated by the use of government funds to support the SHEE. The three alternative curricula, Project Prevention, 3 Rs and High Blood Pressure, and Health Education Curriculum Guide, were selected on the basis of a protocol devised jointly by contractors, government project officers, and the project advisory panel.
Subject(s)
Health Education/standards , Schools , Attitude to Health , Child , Curriculum , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Health Promotion , Humans , United StatesABSTRACT
This article identifies 10 essential elements of comprehensiveness related to school health education that have been agreed upon by key personnel long involved in one or more of the four school health curriculum programs studied in the School Health Education Evaluation (SHEE) study. Each element is briefly described and followed with one or two examples of practical applications selected from the four curricula. The authors further concur with the concept that a Consumer Reports type of reporting of school health curriculum models might be useful in further SHEE data analysis and that the "elements of comprehensiveness" concept might be a valuable adjunct to such reporting.
