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The Relentless School Nurse: Alcohol Consumption & the Cancer Connection

Relentless School Nurse

Risk Assessment The advisory emphasizes that cancer risk increases with higher levels of alcohol consumption. Surgeon Generals Advisory on Alcohol and Cancer Risk delivers a critical public health message about the often-underestimated link between alcohol consumption and cancer.

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Stop Hiding Behind the Whistle: Why PE Needs to Get in the Classroom Game

Montessori Physical Education

It suggests that the gym is somehow separate from the school’s mission, that what happens during PE doesn’t require the same level of planning, assessment, or professional skill as teaching math or English, and that we’re “just” keeping kids active. It implies that our work isn’t academic, intellectual, or essential to student success.

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2025 Student Health Trend Predictions

Magnus Health

The end of a calendar year is the perfect time to look ahead and assess whats coming next. As we prepare for 2025, were anticipating a heightened emphasis on student well-being and mental health along with continued exploration of technological advancements in the health office.

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Tips for Teaching Media Literacy in Skills-Based Health Education

SHAPE America

Teaching media literacy in skills-based health education can do just that. Media literacy is the ability to: Decode media messages and the systems in which they exist; Assess the influence of those messages on your thoughts, feelings and behaviors; and Create media thoughtfully and conscientiously. What Is Media Literacy?

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Tips for Gaining National Recognition for Your PETE/HETE Program

SHAPE America

Gaining National Recognition status for your physical education teacher education (PETE) and/or health education teacher education (HETE) program begins with accreditation, which is a review of the quality of your educator preparation program(s). Complete a curriculum map. Choosing the Right SPA.

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Using Ask, Listen, Learn’s Underage Drinking Prevention Curriculum in Your Classroom

SHAPE America

SHAPE America defines health literacy as, “…the ability to access, understand, appraise, apply and advocate for health information and services in order to maintain or enhance one’s own health and the health of others.” As health educators, it is important to teach our students to be health literate.

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New FDA Resource Helps Teachers Educate Students About the Dangers of Vaping

SHAPE America

As educators, you know that National Health Education Week is a good time to focus on issues that affect the health of our nation’s youth. Hosted 18 online focus groups with 91 health educators representing 28 states to understand how to expand FDA tobacco education resources to meet teachers’ needs.