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Health Education
A. THE ROLE OF THE PEDIATRICIAN
There are many ways in which pediatricians can help schools implement and improve health education curricula. These include the following:
- Helping to determine
which health risk behaviors are prevalent in the community.
- Consulting on
which health education curricula should be chosen by the school district
leadership.
- Assisting in the
evaluation of the health education curricula in use to determine whether
they are adequate.
- Teaching health-related
topics to students, as well as to teachers, school nurses, and parents.
- Reinforcing the
messages taught in school with students and their parents during pediatric
office visits.
