Skills for Health: Skills-Based Health Education to Teach Life Skills

By Carmen Aldinger and Cheryl Vince Whitman

A chapter from The Health Promoting School: International Advances in Theory, Evaluation and Practice, edited by Stephen Clift and Bjarne Bruun Jensen, and published by Danish University of Education Press.

Schools have an important role to play in equipping children with the knowledge, attitudes and skills they need to protect their health. This chapter demonstrates how skills-based health education, when planned and implemented based on research-based strategies, can make a significant contribution to the health and learning potential of young people.

Contact Info: Carmen Aldinger (1-800-225-4276 x2362)

Published by: Education Development Center, Inc.

Download a copy of Skills for Health: Skills-Based Health Education to Teach Life Skills (PDF, 5.92 MB): http://www.hhd.org/publications/global/the_health_promoting_school.pdf

Price: Free
ISBN: 87-7684-012-3
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