Professional Preparation in Safety Education and School Health Education.

This document is divided into two parts. Part 1, entitled "Undergraduate Preparation in Safety Education," contains in outline form statements on the following topics: basic curricula in safety education (including suggested competencies); faculty for basic programs; students in basic programs (including admission criteria); resources and facilities for basic programs; and evaluation, program review, and planning. Part 2 is a report on school health education and contains two divisions: Recommended Standards for the Accreditation of Teachers of Health Education and Competencies of the Health Educator. This last division breaks the competencies into headings of environmental health, mental health, tobacco, alcohol and other drugs, nutrition, communicable and noncommunicable diseases, human sexuality, dental health, physical fitness, consumer health, community health, accident prevention, and philosophy of health and health education. (JA)