Health Promotion in Elementary Schools: A Newsletter as One Strategy

This article describe methods, to be employed by public health nurses and officials, for providing health information to teachers, parents and administrators of elementary school students. Five steps are outlined for the development of health promotion, health education programs, including the initi...

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Published inThe Journal of school health Vol. 69; no. 8; pp. 341 - 343
Main Authors Tyrrell, Ann, Eyles, Paula
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.1999
American School Health Association
Subjects
Attention Deficit Disorders
Child
Child Care Centers
Communicable Diseases
Community Involvement
Community Relations
Community Resources
Educational Methods
Educational Strategies
Elementary Education
Elementary school students
Elementary Schools
Evidence
Focus Groups
Health Behavior
Health education
Health Promotion
Health Promotion - methods
Humans
Management
Methods
Needs Assessment
Nurses
Nursing
Office Occupations
Parents
Periodicals as Topic
Principals
Program Evaluation
Public Health
Public health nursing
Readability
School Councils
School Health Services
Social policy
Socioeconomic Background
United States
United States
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Summary:This article describe methods, to be employed by public health nurses and officials, for providing health information to teachers, parents and administrators of elementary school students. Five steps are outlined for the development of health promotion, health education programs, including the initial assessment of public needs and the final evaluation of the project.
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Public Health Nurse, Hamilton‐Wentworth Social and Public Health Services Dept., 2757 King St., E, Suite 2600, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8G 5E4; or
atyrrell@hamiltonwent.on.ca
Paula Eyles, BScN, MHSc
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Patient Education, St. Joseph's Hospital, 50 Charlton Ave., E, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 4A6, and Assistant Clinical Professor, School of Nursing, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.
Ann Tyrrell, BScN
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ISSN:0022-4391
1746-1561
DOI:10.1111/j.1746-1561.1999.tb06426.x