Open AccessHEALTH TEACHING AND THE SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAM
Author(s) -
C. E. Turner
Publication year - 1921
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2330-9687
pISSN - 0271-4353
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.11.8.717
Subject(s) - incentive , government (linguistics) , school health , health education , control (management) , health policy , environmental health , public health , medicine , medical education , nursing , economics , management , linguistics , philosophy , microeconomics
Health teaching in schools where the interest of the pupils was directed towards their own health conditions resulted in large health gains to them. Control classes lacking this incentive gained much less. The author suggests uniform health programs in schools as a part of the government machinery.