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Keywords
Environmental health--Study and teaching--Iowa; Environmental health--Study and teaching; Iowa;
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to describe the nature and extent of environmental health education currently being offered and taught in selected Iowa high schools during grades 9-12. The sample consisted of 136 high schools in Iowa. Schools in this sample were selected based on high school size using random stratified sampling techniques. A questionnaire was constructed to ascertain the nature and extent of environmental health education. Of the 136 questionnaires mailed, 86 were returned. The data were analyzed descriptively by compilation of frequencies and percentages for responses to each question. The results of this study indicated that within Iowa high school health courses there is limited coverage of environmental health topics. The top five topics covered were: indoor hazards/pollution with an emphasis on smoking, particulates, and carbon monoxide; overpopulation as it related to the spread of diseases; food additives; solid waste and its association to recycling, reduction, and reuse; and chemical carcinogens. Many of the environmental health topics appear to receive coverage outside of the health course, with biology identified as the principal academic area providing additional coverage. The health educators had varied academic backgrounds in their professional education. The academic area in which the health course was most commonly offered was in home economics. The most significant fact relating to the health educators was that only 33% have had some type of formal environmental health course work in their academic backgrounds.
Year of Submission
1994
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
School of Health, Physical Education, and Leisure Services
First Advisor
Sue A. Joslyn
Second Advisor
Susan J. Koch
Third Advisor
Carl W. Bollwinkel
Date Original
1994
Object Description
1 PDF file (93 leaves)
Copyright
©1994 Craig Allen Zoellner
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Zoellner, Craig Allen, "A Study of the Nature and Delivery of the Environmental Health Curriculum in Selected Iowa Schools, Grades 9-12" (1994). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 1873.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/1873
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