...Marty Martinson; John P. Elia Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critically examine school health education in the USA and present alternative approaches for more critical and comprehensive health education. Design/methodology/approach An ecological model framework is used to identify...

... and outside of the school environment. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses critical analysis of current and historical school-based sexuality education methods and curricula used in the USA. Authors use both academic journals and their own expertise/experience teaching sexuality education...

... people from different geographic areas. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Smoking Young people Feasibility USA Against a backdrop of heated government debate over settlements with “Big tobacco”, the prevalence of adolescent smoking continues to rise (Everett et al., 1998...

...Allison Kesterton Provides an account of some of the author’s observations while on a Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship to the USA to study drugs education. Shows some of the ways drugs education is made memorable in US schools, and how positive alternatives to drink, tobacco and drugs...

...Adrian King Compares past, present and possible future effects and merits/demerits of using cannabis, and whether it leads to something even “harder” –like heroin. Shows that past and present governments in the UK and USA have had various restrictions and derestrictions running at differing times...

... to their schoolteacher colleagues. Describes how school nurses in the USA have developed their role over the past decade, so that they now play a significant role in health promotion and in voicing their professional opinion on issues that affect school‐age children. Emphasizes that school nurses in the UK would do well...

... they are used. Concludes that health districts and regions in the UK should consider such initiatives when contemplating how to support local education authorities in AIDS prevention work. AIDS Education Research Schools United Kingdom USA Lessons from America The UK could learn something from...