TY - JOUR
T1 - Healthy Start
T2 - A New Comprehensive Preschool Health Education Program
AU - D’agostino, Catherine
AU - D’andrea, Tara
AU - Lieberman, Lisa
AU - Sprance, Linda
AU - Williams, Christine L.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - The purpose of this article is to describe the development of a new comprehensive preschool health education program, Healthy Start. It includes a 12-unit curriculum with topics in nutrition, safety, self-esteem, body parts, family relations, dental health and hygiene, environment, drug education, and violence prevention. The philosophy, framework, and content of the curriculum are based on contemporary educational and behavioral research as well as theoretical models regarding how children learn and how learning influences behavior.
AB - The purpose of this article is to describe the development of a new comprehensive preschool health education program, Healthy Start. It includes a 12-unit curriculum with topics in nutrition, safety, self-esteem, body parts, family relations, dental health and hygiene, environment, drug education, and violence prevention. The philosophy, framework, and content of the curriculum are based on contemporary educational and behavioral research as well as theoretical models regarding how children learn and how learning influences behavior.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0002691133&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10556699.1999.10628740
DO - 10.1080/10556699.1999.10628740
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0002691133
SN - 1055-6699
VL - 30
SP - 9
EP - 12
JO - Journal of Health Education
JF - Journal of Health Education
IS - 1
ER -
