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Plan:

A Proposed Scientific Study of School Health Problems

in Kansas

Under Direction of Dr. Fe Ce Beelman, :
Secretary & Executive Officer
Kansas State Dept. of Health

Endorsed by Kansas State Depte of Health
State Supte of Public Instruction
pds ; State Teachers Association
S. "q State Dept. of Vocational Education
Universities and Colleges

Consultant: Dre Ce BE. Turner, Professor of Public
Health, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. Dr. Turner is one of the
Nation's foremost authorities in school
health matters.

1. To make a constructive study of present health practices of the
people under expert guidance; to think and plan together; to
pool experiences; to set up policies, standards, desirable pro-
cedures with illustrations, relative to what really is needed
in our schools and communities to promote everyday healthful

living.

2e A close relationship ‘beeen public health and pubis education
is most important.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(a)

 

Out of this study, it is hoped will come specific recom-
mendations which can be put into effect for the benefit of
the Kansas school children, teachers and citizens in every
community.

Two reports will be preparede=one for the college faculties
and one for the public school administrators. (After a care-
ful study of these reports it is believed that college facul-
ties and school administrators will challenge, inspire and
help classroom teachers to build flexible, practical programs
to meet individual needs in schools and communities-~in brief,
strong local health programs should be an outgrowth of these
reports--programs that will function in the normal physical,
mental, emotional development of the boys and girls of Kansas.
The reports or manuscripts will not be essay type documents
but clear concise statements of what health programs and
policies should be and Suggestive long-time policies and ce-
sirable procedures.

Reports are prepared jointly by leading educators, specialists
in health education and interested qualified lay citizens.

 

 

 

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(c)

Central--A large joint committee of educational and health
leaders to help plan the study, to evaluate procedures and
final draft.

Liaison--Small group to coordinate efforts, to keep continuity
of thinking, etc.

Sub-committees (ten) a product of central committee. (It is
well to have students represented on this committee.) These
sub-committees write on various problems or make basic state~
ments, which in turn are studied by the liaison committee,
further discussed and evaluated by contend committee and edited

under Dre Tt rner's guidance.