Environmental health risk education for children: Curricula concepts, strategies and resources

Environmental health risk education for children: Curricula concepts, strategies and resources

J. ofNutr. Educ. Vol. 22, No.3 difirieron entre sl, pero ambos tuvieron un promedio significantemente mas alto que el grupo de control. Los resultados...

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J. ofNutr. Educ. Vol. 22, No.3 difirieron entre sl, pero ambos tuvieron un promedio significantemente mas alto que el grupo de control. Los resultados de conducta dependieron de las meriendas ofrecidas. La nota ajustada en la posprueba de meriendas de los niiios en el grupo de "apelacion al beneficio" fue significantemente mas alta para todos los alimentos que la del grupo control. Comparado con el grupo de "apelacion ala amenaza," el grupo de"apelacion

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al beneficio" tuvo una nota promedio ajustada significantemente mas alta para solamente la mitad de las meriendas. Se considera que hace falta mas investigacion con una muestra mas diversa demograficamente, para validar el efecto positivo de la apelacion al beneficio como una estrategia de enseiianza para los niiios pre-escolares. IJNE: 22: 117-123, 1990) Translated by Ann Macpherson de Sanchez

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RISK EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN: CURRICULA CONCEPTS, STRATEGIES AND RESOURCES DATE AND LOCATION: September 12-14, 1990; Wednesday evening to Friday noon; Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza, Arlington, VA. PURPOSE: This workshop provides a forum for teachers, administrators, environmental health specialists, citizen's groups, and industry representatives. Sessions will focus on identifying resources and developing strategies to help infuse environmental health risk education into existing curricula. SPONSOR: The Interagency Task Force on Environmental Cancer and Heart and Lung Disease. CALL FOR POSTER PAPERS/EXHIBITORS: Poster paper abstracts are being solicited in 4 areas: analyzing the current status of environmental health risk education; teaching concepts and critical thinking skills in environmental health risk education; identifying and overcoming barriers to effective health risk education; and networking for disseminating instructional materials and implementing programs. Abstracts must be received at Eastern Research Group, 6 Whittemore Street, Arlington, MA 02174, no later than July 2, 1990. Exhibits on available resources for environmental health risk education (publications, curricula, etc.) are also being solicited. Deadline for application to exhibit is July 18, 1990. INFORMATION: Eastern Research Group (ERG), 6 Whittemore Street, Arlington, MA 02174, 617-641-5346.