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This practical guide focuses on building a comprehensive school health programme in any elementary school setting. It previews the teacher's role in the three major areas of the elementary health programme: school environment, health instruction and health services. Practical suggestions are included for: instructional planning, curriculum development, methods and techniques of teaching instructional aids, learning applied to health education and evaluation methods. Over 1200 class-tested teaching methods are presented, and learning aids include key concepts, problems to solve, For Your Information boxes, discussion questions, chapter summaries and current references in each chapter. This text is intended for pre-service or in-service elementary teachers as well as health service personnel, school administrators, and health and education or nursing students.