Comprehensive School Health Education: Totally Awesome Strategies for Teaching Health™, 8/e
Linda Meeks,
The Ohio State University, Emeritus Philip Heit,
The Ohio State University, Emeritus Randy Page,
Brigham Young University
ISBN: 0078028515 Copyright year: 2013
About the Authors
Linda Meeks and Philip Heit are emeritus professors in the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University. They have authored more than 350 health and wellness textbooks including Health and Wellness K-12, published by Glencoe/McGraw-Hill. Linda and Phil have helped state departments of education and numerous school districts develop comprehensive school health education curricula and implement the National Health Education Standards. Their textbooks and curricula have been adopted in many languages and foreign countries and they have trained teachers in Egypt, Jordan, Greece, Japan, Germany, England, Spain, Bermuda, Saudi Arabia, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. Both Linda and Phil are active in promoting health and well-being globally and locally. Linda serves on the Board of Directors for the International Women Presidents’ Organization and is active in global education as a member of the International Women’s Forum and supports its Presidents’ Circle Leadership Foundation. Phil initiated and directs Healthy New Albany, a model community organization made up of residents of a community who set goals for fitness, nutrition, disease prevention, mental health awareness and safety and coordinates the largest race walk (The New Albany Walking Classic) in the world. Randy Page is a professor of Health at Brigham Young University. He has written more than 100 articles in professional journals, consulted with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and conducted research on adolescent health in the United States, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. He is co-author of Totally Awesome Teaching Strategies for Teaching Health™; Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco: Totally Awesome Teaching Strategies™; and Violence Prevention: Totally Awesome Teaching Strategies™ for Safe and Drug-Free Schools.
2013