A Study of Some Means of Presenting Information to Parents About the School Health Program
presenting information about the school health program to parents. Among the instruments specifically included in the analysis were parent bulletins, radio programs, newspaper advertise ments, window exhibits, health snorts at com mercial theatres and parent questionnaires on health topics. Certain of the techniques of public health education were employed in disseminating health information to the parents of specific groups of pupils, with the eventual evaluation based largely on the effectiveness of the im plements in influencing the health behavior of the pupils concerned. This judgment was taken with thoughtful regard of the difficulties in volved. Studies have pointed out significant differences between what we know about health and what we do about it.1 It has also been shown that health education programs may bring about decided gains in knowledge without materially affecting health practices.2 Other procedures such as newspaper articles, parent teacher meetings, nurse home visits, and home discussion of the school health experiences were not introduced as variables because of prior use. However, they were given indirect treat ment for comparative purposes. Specific questions it seemed possible to answer are as follows: