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Death Education within Health Education: Current Status, Future Directions
Author(s) -
Crase Darrell
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of school health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.851
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1746-1561
pISSN - 0022-4391
DOI - 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1981.tb02113.x
Subject(s) - death education , grading (engineering) , health educators , medical education , health education , college health , higher education , medicine , psychology , nursing , public health , political science , engineering , civil engineering , law
A national survey was conducted among 205 university level divisions/departments of health education to determine the current status of death education courses within the health education field. Forty‐nine college and university health educators currently teaching the course returned usable instruments. Death education receives the same credit, utilizes similar grading systems and is generally managed much like other academic courses. Since the discipline is in its infancy and many teachers are relatively unprepared, respondents called for greater quality control and improved professional preparation. Several concerns accompanying the growth of death education were identified.