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Primary prevention of cancer: The case for comprehensive school health education
Author(s) -
Wynder Ernst L.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.2820671825
Subject(s) - school health education , medicine , health education , cancer prevention , primary prevention , school health , cancer , health behavior , health promotion , gerontology , environmental health , family medicine , medical education , public health , nursing , disease , pathology
Comprehensive school health education plays an important role in the primary prevention of cancer because so many of the health habits relating to cancer and other diseases have their onset early in life. A comprehensive health education program should begin early in life. Such education must be multifactorial from kindergarten through high school, should involve annual health screening, must be assessed annually, and is most effective when coordinated by a full‐time health education teacher. Those concerned about the many problems of health behavior in our society should insist that such programs become mandatory in every state in this nation.