HEALTH EDUCATION RESOURCE COLLECTION Disease Prevention & Control

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AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS:

Title: 101 Ways to Make Love Without Doing it
Grade Level: 6-9
Format: VHS
Details: 15 min., 1996, ETR
Synopsis:  Images that show ways people can express their affection for each other without sex.

(2005)Title:  5 Basic Messages of Asthma Control and How to Use Asthma Devices
Grade Level:  3-8, Adult
Format:  Video CD (not a DVD)
Details:  2005, AH! Asthma Health Program/Maine Medical center, 20 mins.
Synopsis: Video CD for use on a computer. For education of individual students with asthma about their disease and medicine/devices to prevent asthma episodes. Two sections include:
- 5 basic messages of asthma control
- How to use asthmas devices

Title: A Is For AIDS
Grade Level: 5-6
Format: VHS
Details: 15 minutes, 1992, (Revised Edition), Perennial Education, Inc.
Synopsis: Using simple terms and animation, this program outlines activities that can spread HIV and explains how the virus works inside the body.

Title: ABC's of AIDS: The Coach Approach
Grade Level: 3-6
Format: VHS
Details: 13 minutes, 1991, Select Media
Synopsis: Combines factual information about AIDS with skill building for prevention. The "coach" approach helps students with negative peer pressure and offers simple tips for handling confusing situations.

(2006)Title:  Absolutely Positive
Grade Level:  9-12, Adult
Format:  DVD
Details:  2003, Peter Adair, New video group, 88 mins.
Synopsis:  This DVD is an intimate look at the lives of 11 unique individuals living with HIV and was one of the first films to humanize the face of this disease. Neither depressing nor over-sentimental, "Absolutely Positive" is a disarming, often funny film.

(2007) Title: Adolescent Health: Preventing HIV/STD and Teen Pregnancy
Grade Level:  Adults
Format: VHS
Details:  2002, National Conference of State Legislatures, 15 mins.
Synopsis:  A series of experts discuss their experiences and which methods do and do not work teaching teens about STDs and pregnancy. Topics include parents and teens, issues, education, what works, reducing risk, and roles of the legislature.

Title: AIDS: A Different Kind of Germ
Grade Level: K-3
Format: VHS
Details: 16 minutes, 1990, MTI Film & Video
Synopsis: This program blends live action and animation to explain the effect of AIDS on the body's immune system. It also describes how AIDS is transmitted and two common-sense precautions. Simple and factual, yet reassuring - the program dispels many common fears and misunderstandings held by young viewers.

Title: AIDS and the Immune System
Grade Level: 3-4
Format: VHS
Details: 12 minutes, 1987, Churchill Films
Synopsis: Presents clear information on bacteria and viruses, how the immune system's white cells and anti-bodies destroy them, and how the HIV can destroy the immune system. Includes a child who is a flu virus carrier, one who is HIV+, and another with a splinter.

(2006)Title:  AIDS: Everything You Should Know
Grade Level:  7-12
Format:  VHS and guide
Details:  1994, Channing Bete Co., 28 mins.
Synopsis:  Medical professor Dr. Alexandra Levine and actress Whoopie Goldberg present the facts on HIV/AIDS. They explain the various ways in which HIV is contracted, and how to avoid it. In a forthright approach to human sexuality, abstinence is emphasized as the safest course of action. Does not discuss condom use.

Title: AIDS, not us
Grade Level: 9-12
Format: VHS
Details: 36 minutes; HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies
Synopsis: Discusses what AIDS is, the ways people get HIV and the ways to prevent infection. Follows five young minority men in a urban setting, showing how they think and act, and how they do or do not put themselves at risk for contracting AIDS/HIV. Can be used in conjunction with HIV prevention curriculum "Be Proud, Be Responsible".

Title: AIDS: The New Facts of Life
Grade Level: 10-12
Format: VHS
Details: 20 minutes, 1990, Canadian Public Health Association
Synopsis: Provides accurate information regarding HIV and, coupled with the teacher's guide, will complement an existing health education curriculum. Because it was produced in Canada, updated U.S. statistics should be used.

Title: AIDS Training Tape
Grade Level: Young adults
Format: VHS
Details: 15 minuets, 1988, Young Adult Institute
Synopsis: Not suggested for classroom use, this video is meant for viewing by educators of developmentally disabled young adults. Sexually graphic, the video shows condom use and also presents scenarios that included discussing condom use with a partner. The video can help an educator consider strategies for making their information concrete for this special needs population.

(2006)Title:  The Age of AIDS
Grade Level:  9-12, Adult
Format:  DVD
Details:  2006, Frontline, WGBH Educational, 240 mins.
Synopsis:  Twenty-five years after the first reported cases, PBS' Frontline presents this series. Featuring interviews with prominent AIDS activists, policymakers, and scientists, this DVD examines how and why humanity has failed to stop the spread of HIV. Filmed in 19 countries this epic 4-hour series chronicles the scientific breakthroughs, political struggles, and human cost of the AIDS pandemic.

Title:  Alcohol and Sex:  Prescription for Poor Decision Making -
             See:  Substance Use and Abuse

Title: All Of Us and AIDS
Grade Level: 10-12
Format: VHS
Details: 30 minutes, 1987, Peer Education Health Resources
Synopsis: For mature students, this video goes beyond basic information about AIDS to deal with situations that students may someday have to deal with regarding sexual behavior and AIDS. Students in a video class discuss abstinence, condom use, and options to sexual intercourse. They develop short clips that role model the difficult situations teens could face.

Title: Anticipate Sex and STD's
Grade Level: 11-12
Format: VHS video and guide
Details: 8 minutes, 1992, AIDS Trigger, Inc.
Synopsis: A college roommate questions her friend's irresponsibility in having unprotected sex.

(2002)Title: Asthma Management in the School Setting: A Satellite Broadcast
Grade Level: Adults
Format: VHS, Guide 
Details: 2001, New Jersey Thoracic Society, American Lung Assoc of NJ, Pediatric Asthma Coalition of New Jersey.
Four Video Tapes. Part I-1:25, Part II-1:19, Part III-20 min., EPA video: 12:30
Synopsis: A four video set on Asthma. Part I includes pediatric pulmonologist and pediatric allergist presentations as well as a following question and answer session. Part II covers the environmental triggers of asthma and the role of the school nurse in managing asthma in school. Part III is a "how to" video on the use of the nebulizer, metered dose inhaler, peak flow meter, and other asthma medication delivery devices. It can actually be used as a stand alone video for students, faculty, and parents. Part IV, the EPA video, discusses asthma management in the home.

Title: Aunt Hallie
Grade Level: 9-12
Format: VHS video
Details: 7 ½ minutes, 1989, Fanlight Productions
Synopsis: When Aunt Hallie finds a used condom on her lawn, she thinks her family could catch a disease: good discussion-starter.

(2006)Title:  Bloodborne Pathogens: Fast Facts for Schools
Grade Level:  9-12, Adult
Format:  VHS
Details:  2006, Coastal Training Technologies, 15 mins.
Synopsis:  This short program was created to give the facts about BBPs. Includes Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and HIV, transmission, housekeeping, and exposure control.

(2006)Title:  Bloodborne Pathogens: Real, Real-life for Schools
Grade Level:  9-12, Adult
Format:  VHS
Details:  2003, Coastal Training Technologies, 20 mins.
Synopsis:  This award-winning program discusses the dangers of bloodborne pathogens in the school setting using humor and real-life situations. Includes The 3 As, HBV, HCV, and HIV, transmission controls, housekeeping and safe work practices, and creating an exposure control plan.

(2005)Title:  Bloodborne Pathogens: The Human Factor
Grade Level:  10-12, Adult
Format:  VHS tape
Details:  2002, Coastal Health Care, 20 mins.
Synopsis: This unique program features interviews with actual healthcare workers who have been infected with a bloodborne disease. Includes:
- Gripping real-life stories punctuate the dangers of bloodborne diseases
- Needlestick prevention
- HBV vaccination
- Ideal for mandated re-training
- Covers OSHA 1910.1030

(2006)Title:  Bloodborne Pathogens in Athletics
Grade Level:  9-12, Adult
Format:  VHS
Details:  2003, Coastal Training Technologies, 13 mins.
Synopsis:  Coaches, trainers and anyone who works with student athletes must be able to deal with bloodborne pathogens. Includes the nature of BBPs, how BBPs are transmitted, exposure prevention, personal and universal protection, and exposure incident procedures.

(2005)Title:  Bloodborne Pathogens in Schools: A Refresher Course
Grade Level:  Adult
Format:  VHS tape
Details:  2003, Coastal Health Care, 10 mins. 3 copies available
Synopsis: This video highlights the latest AIDS, HBV and HCV concerns. Effective as both refresher or initial training for your entire faculty and staff. Includes:
- Transmission of bloodborne pathogens
- Reducing risks
- Exposure control plans

Title: Breaking the Chain
Grade Level: 7-12
Format: VHS
Details: 7 minutes, 1990, Planned Parenthood of St. Louis
Synopsis: Teenagers learn about STD's - myths, transmission, and responsibilities involved. Excellent film to trigger discussions.

Title: Breaking the Lice Cycle
Grade Level: 1-12
Format: VHS
Details: 13 min., 1996, Care Technologies
Synopsis: To assist professionals, parents and students identify, treat and evaluate the head lice problem.

Title:  Breast Self-Exam
Grade Level:  7-12
Format:  VHS, guide
Details:  1987, 15 min., Human Relations Media
Synopsis:  Teaches a systematic method for breast self-examination.  Using a live model each aspect of the procedure is demonstrated.

Title: Caring for School-age Children With HIV
Grade Level: Teachers
Format: VHS video and discussion guide
Details: 20 minutes, 1991, Child Welfare League of America
Synopsis: Shares the daily lives of three families caring for children with HIV infection-School and home care for kids with HIV.

(2007) Title:  CIRCLES III- AIDS: Safer Ways
Grade Level:  special needs teens and adults
Format:  VHS, guide
Details:  2007, James Stanfield Co, 6 VHS tapes & guide
Synopsis:  Brings students current information on avoiding and treating communicable diseases and in the process teaches them ways to protect themselves against STDs. Comes with both a general and explicit version of "How AIDS and STDs are Contracted" so one may decide which level is appropriate for their students and community.

Title: Condom Efficacy Program
Grade Level: 7-12, Adult
Format: VHS
Details: 10 minutes, 1995, CDC
Synopsis: An excellent tool for covering all the misinformation about condom efficacy.

Title: Considering Condoms
Grade Level: 9-12
Format: VHS video and discussion guide
Details: 15 minutes, brochure, 3 worksheets; National Education Association
Synopsis: Benefits of abstinence and proper and consistent use of condoms.

(2001)Title: Considering Your Options: Information on Abstinence and Contraceptive Choices For Teenagers
Grade Level: 8-12
Format: VHS, guide
Details:    20 min., 10 pgs., 1998, National Education Association Health Information Network
Synopsis:  Intended to be included within a comprehensive health education program. It covers what abstinence means and why abstinence is the simplest and most reliable from of birth control for adolescents, as well as the most popular methods of birth control and the fact that even on birth control, sexually active persons must still use a condom to prevent stds. 

Title: Dawn's Story
Grade Level: 9-12
Format:  VHS
Details:  24 min., American Airline
Synopsis:  An attractive young airline attendant tells how she contracted HIV and how she is dealing with it positively. Sure to make a positive impact on the audience.

Title:  Dental Health Education for the Person With Special Needs
Grade Level:  Dental Health Professionals
Format:  VHS
Details:  1980's, 60 min., Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Synopsis:  Topics that are covered in this video include dental caries, periodontal disease, dilantin hyperplasia, congenital heart disease, HIV and AIDS, as well as other medical issues.  Infection control barriers and vaccines are discussed.  Oral irrigation, denture care, oral hygiene aids, OH index, oral irrigators, salivary replacements, fluorides and patient positioning are among the other topics.  An informative, but dry presentation.

Title: Double Whammy
Grade Level:  11-12
Format:  VHS
Details:  12 min., 1995, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Synopsis: Jake and Katie have been dating for five months and are starting to become intimate. Jake discloses that he has hemophilia and has been infected with  HIV from a blood transfusion. The issues of relationships, pros and cons of having intercourse, hemophilia, HIV/AIDS and transmission of infectious diseases are considered in this video.

(2003)Title:  Dying to be Thin
Grade Level:  6-12, adult
Format:  VHS
Details:  1995, 28 min., Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Synopsis:  This program profiles a young woman obsessed with the desire to be thin. It has taken her to hospitalizations and years of outpatient therapy to help her overcome her problem. Doctors in this program discuss the characteristics of anorexia nervosa and bulimia and identify those most likely to be affected by these disorders.

Title:  Going Smokeless
Grade Level:  6-12, adults
Format:  VHS
Details:  1984, 24 min., CBS 60 minute and Hour Magazine
Synopsis:  Two programs, 14 minute segments from 60 minutes and 10 minute segment from Hour Magazine.  Discusses advertising strategies and the health risks of smokeless tobacco, snuff, and Sean Marsee's illness and death from use of smokeless tobacco.

Title: He Ain't Heavy -  See Personal, Mental and Emotional Health

Title: Head Lice: Dealing, Destroying and Preventing
Grade Level: K-6
Format: VHS
Details: 10 minutes, 1994, Perennial
Synopsis: Explains what head lice are.  Section for parents on how to eliminate lice. 

Title: HIV/AIDS: A Challenge to All of Us
Grade Level: Parents
Format: VHS, leader's guide
Details: Two video tapes, 20 minutes each, 1992, Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Synopsis: Magic Johnson provides opening comments on these videos. The guide walks you through how to set up a parent meeting on HIV. The first video gives clear models of how to answer children's questions. The second video is a parent meeting in progress.

Title: HIV and Sports
Grade Level: Adult
Format: VHS
Details: 90 minutes, 1995, National Federation of State High School Association
Synopsis: Video for coaches, school administrators. Covers universal precautions, HIV infected athletes, and issue of confidentiality.

(2006) Title: HIV Update - November 2006
Grade Level: Adults
Format: VHS
Details:  2006, Maine Department of Education, 60 mins.
Synopsis: Annual update on the status of HIV and Hepatitis globally and within the State of Maine.

(2005) Title: HIV Update - November 2005
Grade Level: Adults
Format: VHS
Details:  2005, Maine Department of Education, 60 mins.
Synopsis: Annual update on the status of HIV and Hepatitis globally and within the State of Maine.

(2007) Title: Hope for a New Tomorrow: Families with AIDS, the Third Decade
Grade Level:  6-12, Adults
Format: VHS
Details:  2001, Eastern Maine AIDS Network, 30 mins.
Synopsis:  This video is a unique documentary about three Maine families living with HIV/AIDS. Each talks openly about how HIV infection has affected their lives, relationships and decisions about the future. Participants share this impact with the purpose that viewers will recognize that, despite many challenges, there remains hope for a new tomorrow.

Title: "I Have AIDS": A Teen Story
Grade Level: 4-6
Format: VHS
Details: 29 minutes, 1988, Media Tech East
Synopsis: The Children's Television Workshop presents the Ryan White Story. Provides clear accurate information on HIV and dispels myths and fears while looking at Ryan's relationships with family, friends, school and community.

Title: I Need a Friend: Kids Talk About AIDS
Grade Level: K-5
Format: VHS video
Details: 15 minutes, 1992, National Cancer Institute
Synopsis: 3 children interview each other about what it's like having AIDS and how they are treated by their peers.

Title: In Our Own Words
Grade Level: 8-12
Format: VHS
Details: 20 minutes, 1995, Media Works
Synopsis: Five young people with HIV disease speak out about their lives and HIV prevention. The video features Kerry Carson from Maine. Three of the young people, including Kerry have died. Two of the funerals are touched on as the reality of HIV in the adolescent population is presented.

Title: In the Shadow of Love
Grade Level: 7-12
Format: VHS
Details: 46 minutes, 1993, Film Service Center
Synopsis: Follows two high school journalism students preparing a story on teens living with HIV.

(2002) Title: Keep Control of Your Asthma
Grade Level: Child-Adult
Format: VHS, pamphlet
Details: 15 min., 1998, Foundation for Healthy Communities
Synopsis: A brief discussion of what is asthma, what triggers asthma, its symptoms, inhaler techniques, different types of asthma medications, and setting your peak flow zones using your personal best.

(2006)Title:  Living With a Legacy
Grade Level:  6-12, adult
Format:  VHS
Details:  2003, Eastern Maine AIDS Network, approx 15 mins.
Synopsis:  Story of 4 Maine young adults who were born with the HIV virus. This glimpse into their lives will inspire and educate both young viewers and adults.

Title: Living with Loss: Children and HIV
Grade Level: Teachers
Format: VHS video and discussion guide
Details: 26 minutes, 1991, Child Welfare League of America
Synopsis: Explores positive ways of coping with loss that HIV/AIDS brings to all those touched by a child that is infected.

(2004)Title:  Managing Your Weight (Nutrition:  Eating for Life series)
Grade Level:  9-12, adults
Format:  VHS
Details:  30 min., Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Synopsis:  This program examines the role of exercise, dieting, and other weight control strategies in attaining optimal health while skewering fad diets and risky or useless products, which only serve to undermine healthy weight management. Psychosocial factors that distort views on what constitutes a healthy look and weight are also considered, as young adults explore the dynamics of body image and the issues involved in eating disorders.

Title:  MTV Public Service Announcements On Adolescent Sexuality Issues
Grade Level:  8-12
Format:  VHS
Details:  1999, 120 min.
Synopsis:  This tape includes a number of Public Service Announcements aired on MTV.  This tape was made with the permission of MTV.  Includes clips of the following:  "True Life:  It Could Be You"--a program on teens and young adults with AIDS, aired 12/98; "True Life:  I Need Sex Rx"--a program about getting tested for HIV and other STD's, aired 6/99; "Fight for the Right:  Sexual Matters"--includes episodes on students fighting for the right to comprehensive sexual education, to prevent sexual harassment, and to prevent discrimination against gays & lesbians, aired 9/97; "Fight Back" featuring teens who have experienced sexual abuse, aired 7/95; "True Life:  Matthew's Murder"--about gay-bashing and the murder of gay college student Matthew Shepard, aired 11/98.

Title: Negotiating Safer Sex
Grade Level: 11-12
Format: VHS video
Details: 8 minutes, 1992, AIDS Impact, Inc.
Synopsis: Trigger film to model skill for reducing STD risk.

Title: No Rewind: Teens Speak Out on HIV
Grade Level: 9-12
Format: VHS video
Details: 22 minutes, 1992, ETR Associates
Synopsis: Teens inform their peers that teens are the fastest growing group at risk for HIV/AIDS. Focuses on communication.

Title:  Not One More Person: Avoiding HIV
Grade Level: 7-12
Format: VHS & Teacher's Resource Book
Details: 29.19min., 1998, Human Relations, Media, Inc.                       
Synopsis: The goal is to break through the denial that many teens still have regarding unprotected sex and sharing needles.  Fifty percent of all new HIV infections occur in people under 25. Video includes teens who have contracted HIV talking about pre-HIV life styles and what they will be missing in the future because of HIV.  Also covered in video is HIV prevention.

(2004)Title:  Nutrition for Teens
Grade Level:  9-12
Format:  VHS with 3" Supplemental CD
Details:  25 min.
Synopsis:  Which foods can make you feel happy, sad, lazy, or sleepy? A registered dietician answers that and other questions as she identifies the nutrients needed to meet the physical, mental, and emotional demands of adolescence. Health eating habits are distinguished from unsafe forms of dieting, and the causes, symptoms, and side effects of eating disorders are delicately confronted. A supplemental 3" CD, containing the video's goal and objectives as well as multiple-choice quizzes and answer keys, is included.

Title: One Last Dance - See Personal, Mental and Emotional Health

Title:  Oral Care of the Dependent Patient
Grade Level:  Primary care providers of dependent people; students
Format:  VHS
Details:  1991, West Virginia University
Synopsis:  Oral care should be integrated into the total health, rehabilitation and maintenance program for dependent patients.  The oral environment is a breeding ground for infection-causing organisms.  Oral infection control is an essential element in quality care for the medically and physically compromised patient.  Caregivers are provided with basic, useful information necessary to conduct an oral screening and develop a plan of daily mouth care and infection control.

Title:  Oral Manifestations of AIDS
Grade Level:  Dental and dental hygiene students and professionals
Format:  VHS
Details:  34 min., The Proctor and Gamble Company
Synopsis: The video interviews various HIV and AIDS specialists.  Highlights of the video include oral lesions as the first HIV symptoms; two categories of lesions (those exclusive to HIV and AIDS and those due to opportunistic infections), treatment of lesions; need for regular dental examinations; infection control procedures and the dental professional's role in the care of HIV and AIDS.

Title:  Out of the Mouths of Babes:  Baby Bottle Tooth Decay Prevention
Grade Level:  Parents/Caregivers
Format:  VHS
Details:  1993, 14 min., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Synopsis:  A two-part video featuring the Cabbage Patch Kids - Part I, "How to Prevent Baby Bottle Tooth Decay Community Prevention Program," offers guidance on how to organize a community-based BBTD prevention program.  ALSO AVAILABLE IN A SPANISH VERSION. 

Title: Party
Grade Level: 7-9
Format: VHS
Details: 13 min., 1996, American Red Cross
Synopsis: Designed to help 13-15 year olds make decisions to protect them from becoming infected with HIV. Featuring multicultural cast of teenagers with discussion opportunities at the end.

Title:  Periodontal Disease
Grade Level:  7-12, adults
Format:  VHS
Details:  1985, 7 min., Health Care Education:  (pre-OSHA)
Synopsis:  The symptoms of periodontal disease, role of plaque and progression of periodontal disease are discussed.  Visuals are used to highlight oral health, gingivitis and periodontitis.  Methods used to control periodontal disease, including regular dental visits, brushing and flossing are demonstrated.

Title: Picture This - AIDS and Teens
Grade Level: 8-12
Format: VHS video
Details: 57 minutes, 1992, PBS Video
Synopsis: Interactive theater group featuring teen actors performs AIDS related situation to teen audience.

Title: Playing It Safe - See Family Life Education

Title:  Playing it Safe: Protection, What Every Woman Needs to Know
Grade Level:  9-12, adults
Format: VHS
Details:  30 min., 1992, Searle
Synopsis:  Discusses STD's and the importance of communicating the need for safe sex with potential partners.

Title:  Portrait of the Enemy:  A Film About Periodontal Disease
Grade Level:  9-12, adults
Format:  VHS
Details:  1979, 12 min., American Dental Association
Synopsis:  Information on periodontal disease is told using the analogy of a basketball game.  The video outlines periodontal disease progression; the role of plaque, home care, nutrition, professional care; and symptoms of periodontal disease.  It stresses that patients are responsible for their oral health status.  There are pictures of live plaque to emphasize daily oral care. 

Title: Postponing Sexual Involvement - See Family Life Education

Title:  Prescription for Periodontal Health
Grade Level:  6-12, adults
Format:  VHS
Details:  1980's, 11 min., National Institute of Dental Research
Synopsis:  The role of plaque and calculus in the progression of gingivitis and periodontitis is discussed.  The importance of regular professional treatment is stressed.  The stages of periodontitis (early, moderate and advanced), inflammation and bacteria are explained.  Prevention of the disease is addressed.

Title:  Preventing Baby Bottle Tooth Decay - A Professional's Guide
Grade Level:  Health Professionals and Child Care
Format:  VHS
Details:  1992, 13 min., The Dental Health Foundation
Synopsis:  The video defines baby bottle tooth decay and addresses the following topics: decay, detection of decay, risk factors, importance of primary teeth, education of parents and prevention as the solution of baby bottle tooth decay.

Title:  Preventing Sexually Transmitted Infections
Grade Level: 7-12, adults
Format: VHS, Resource Book, CD-Rom
Details:  25 min., 73 pgs., 1998, Human Relations Media
Synopsis: Help students be able to identify the communicable diseases which are grouped under the heading of sexually transmitted infections (STI's) or sexually transmitted diseases (STD's). A sexually transmitted infection is a disease that may be spread simply by kissing.

Title: Pros and Condoms
Grade Level: 10-12
Format: VHS video
Details: 22 minutes, 1991, Churchill Films
Synopsis: Interviews with sexually active college students discussing condom use.

Title: Quilt of Sorrow/Quilt of Joy
Grade Level: 7-12
Format: Slide show
Details: 40 slides, cassette, and script
Synopsis: Good discussion starter for death/dying issues - includes panels of names quilt dedicated to people who have died of AIDS.

Title: Realities of HIV
Grade Level: 10-12
Format: VHS
Details: 21 minutes, 1994, Windham Real School Team 3
Synopsis: Reactions and feelings of people with HIV/AIDS in Maine. Student directed and produced.

Title: Reality Check HIV Testing for Youth
Grade Level: 7-12
Format: VHS video and guide
Details: 15 minutes, 1994, ETR Associates
Synopsis: Video for youth by youth. Designed to prompt discussion about HIV testing: options, emotional impact, fears, etc.

Title:  Respect Yourself Protect Yourself: Teens Talk To Teens about Liver Wellness
Grade Level:  6-12
Format: VHS, teachers guide                     
Details:  9 min., 1998, Hepatitis Foundation International
Synopsis: Presents information to help students understand how valuable their liver is to their heath and well being.  Provides information to help them avoid liver damaging behaviors and accept hepatitis B vaccinations.

Title:  Road We Take: Kids Growing Up In The Shadow Of Aids
Grade Level: 4-6
Format: VHS, guide
Details:  17 min., 1993, Media Guild
Synopsis: This film was produced to educate children about the risks of AIDS. It focuses on the facts about AIDS as well as on positive, esteem-building messages. Children viewing the film will see themselves as having the power to make the right life choices to reduce risk of contracting the AIDS virus.

Title: Rubber Glove of Love
Grade Level: 11-12
Format: VHS
Details: 18 min., 1995, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Synopsis:  Jill and Brian have decided to become sexually active. She thought ahead and brought a condom but initially he refuses to use it. The video discusses communication, whether or not to have intercourse, negotiating for safer sex,  how to use condoms, STD's, contraception and non-penetrative options to intercourse.  These issues are explored through a series of alternative endings.

Title: Safetalk - Parents and Teachers Discuss AIDS
Grade Level: Adult
Format: VHS video and guide
Details: 30 minutes, 1991, NEWIST/CESA #7, University of Wisconsin
Synopsis: Designed to assist schools and communities with their AIDS education program for upper middle and high school youth.

Title:  Saving a Generation
Grade Level:  Teachers
Format:  VHS, teacher's guide
Details:  1990, 8 minutes
Synopsis:  Comprehensive educational program including AIDS prevention education teaching strategies for grades 4-12.

Title: Saving Lives in the Battle Against AIDS
Grade Level: Adult
Format: VHS video
Details: 20 minutes, IOX Videotape Division
Synopsis: Dr. Sarah Stanley, former teacher/principal, speaks to school board members about the importance of AIDS education in saving teenagers lives. Includes HIV positive young people telling their stories.

Title: Sex: A Guide for the Young - See Family Life Education

Title:  SEX and Other Matters of Life and Death
Grade Level:  7-12
Format: VHS, guide
Details:  29 min., 1997, Public Policy Productions
Synopsis: Chronicles a year in the life of STAR Theater, a teenage theater company which performs for adolescents throughout New York City, trying to raise awareness about the risks young people face growing up in the age of AIDS.  Combines intimate profiles of the actors with scenes from their performances.

Title: Sex, Drugs and HIV
Grade Level: 9-12
Format: VHS
Details: 18 minutes, 1991, Select Media
Synopsis: This film stresses the important distinction between HIV infection and AIDS, teens and adults who are HIV positive but who don't have AIDS.

Title: Sex Education in America
Grade Level: Adult
Format: VHS
Details: 60 minutes, 1994, ETR Associates
Synopsis: A critical examination of sex education programs with a focus on HIV. Adds factual information to the comprehensive vs. abstinence only debate.

Title: Situation SEX and STDs
Grade Level: 11-12
Format: VHS video and guide
Details: 8 minutes, 1992, AIDS Impact, Inc.
Synopsis: New to college life, a couple engages in drinking and unsafe sex. The result is an STD.

Title:  Smart Sex
Grade Level:  9-12, adult
Format: VHS
Details:  48 min., 1994 Lucky Duck Productions
Synopsis:  Young adults from a variety of backgrounds discuss their choices on sexual activity with the majority striving to protect themselves from STD's.

Title: Soap Opera
Grade Level: Adults (teachers, school nurses, and school support employees)
Format: VHS
Details: 12 minutes, 1987, Orange County Department of Education
Synopsis: Presents basic information on infectious disease prevention procedures in the school setting and how to handle body fluids. Appropriate to use in staff setting.

(2007) Title:  Staying Out of the Risky Zone
Grade Level:  9-12
Format:  Music CDs, discussion guide
Details:  1996, Risky Zone Initiatives, 16 songs
Synopsis:  2 music CDs containing 16 songs addressing specific topics related to sexuality, HIV/AIDS, teen pregnancy, and abstinence. The songs are intended to convey information, raise discussion issues, address attitudes, and supplement other curricula. Songs vary in musical style and topical content. The discussion guides contains suggestions as to how to make the songs most effective. Volume one focuses on HIV/AIDS, abstinence, and media issues. Volume two focuses on safer sexuality, communication, sexual assault, sexual orientation, and homophobia. This resource loans as a set.

Title: Stop AIDS
Grade Level: 7-12
Format: VHS
Details: 26 minutes, 1989, KCTS-TV
Synopsis: Unique collection of short AIDS education videos produced by teens.

Title:  Subject Is:  HIV
Grade Level:  9-12
Format: VHS
Details: 13:40 min, 1991, ODN Productions
Synopsis:  Update of  The Subject is: AIDS.  Stresses difference between HIV infection and AIDS.  Emphasis on risk behaviors instead of risk groups.   Includes profiles of teens and adults who are HIV positive but who don't have AIDS.

(2002) Title:  Successful Management of Asthma in Schools: A Satellite Broadcast
Grade Level:  Adults
Format: VHS
Details: 2001, Illinois Dept. of Public Health
Synopsis:  A panel discussion on Asthma--Its causes, its symptoms and what can be done about managing it in our schools.

(2005)Title:  Super Size Me: An Educational Tool of Epic Portions
Grade Level:  6-12
Format:  DVD
Details:  2004, Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning
Synopsis:  Film maker unravels the American obesity epidemic by interviewing experts and eating a McDonalds-only diet for thirty days straight. This DVD includes 24 lessons (12 HS, 12 MS) as well as games and other activities.
- 1 educationally enhanced DVD, 100 minutes
-20-page teacher's guide

Title: Taking A Stand - See Personal, Mental and Emotional Health

(2001) Title: Take Charge: Managing Your Sexual Health
Grade Level: 7-12
Format: VHS
Details:  30 min.,  1994, Williams Communication, Seattle Public Schools
Synopsis: Interviews with teens who have had a std discussing: the importance either abstaining from sex or using condoms; and of getting health check-ups and testing for std's on a regular basis once you are sexually active. 

Title: Talkin' About AIDS
Grade Level: 9-12
Format: VHS
Details: 30 minutes, 1990, Perennial Education
Synopsis: This video uses rap music, dramatic vignettes, animation and interviews to explain how HIV is and is not transmitted. Discusses abstinence and condom use.

Title: Talking Helps -  See Family Life Education

Title: Teen AIDS In Focus
Grade Level: 9-12
Format: VHS, teacher's guide
Details: 20 minutes, 1989, San Francisco Department of Public Health
Synopsis: Teens with HIV share their perspectives on living with the virus and behaviors teens engage in that put them at risk. Dispels the myth that only gays and IV drug users contract HIV. Addresses the importance of compassion for and acceptance of those dealing with HIV.

(2006)Title:  Teens Talk: How to Protect Yourself in the Age of AIDS
Grade Level:  7-12
Format:  VHS and guide
Details:  1997, Channing Bete Co., 20 mins.
Synopsis:  HIV and AIDS are discussed in this documentary geared to middle and high school students who engage in risky sexual behavior. A group of diverse teens, some of who are HIV-positive, discuss peer pressure, misconceptions about STDs, risky behavior, and how to stay safe.

Title: Teens Talk AIDS
Grade Level: 8-12
Format: VHS video and guide
Details: 28 minutes, 1994, PBS Video
Synopsis: Real teens share information and feeling about HIV/AIDS. Addresses issues of dying and attitudes about HIV/AIDS.

(2001)Title: This Is Your Life!---(See Nutritional Health)

Title: Thumbs Up For Kids
Grade Level: Pre-school - 2
Format: VHS, teacher's guide
Details: 23 minutes, 1991, AIMS Media
Synopsis: Former "Romper Room" teacher Ms. Nancy presents AIDS education in the context of disease prevention. Through song, dance, rap tunes and visual effects, children discover that AIDS is hard to get. The importance of keeping clean and how caring adults help children is also stressed.

Title: Time Out
Grade Level: 7-Adult
Format: VHS video
Details: 42 minutes, 1992, Paramount
Synopsis: Magic Johnson and Arsenio Hall host; uses music and dance to give information on HIV, abstinence, and peer pressure.

Title: Time To Know: Women, Children & AIDS
Grade Level: 7-12
Format: VHS
Details: 20 minutes, 1992, Eastern Maine AIDS Network
Synopsis: This Maine produced show was featured at the International AIDS Conference in 1992. It covers the emerging issues of women and AIDS very well. An excellent supplement to raise awareness that the epidemic is affecting women and their children here in Maine.

Title: Too Close For Comfort -  See Personal, Mental and Emotional Health

Title:  Truth About Sex (School Version)
Grade Level:  6-12
Format:  VHS, guide
Details:  1999, 30 minutes, AIMS Multimedia
Synopsis:  This program forces teenagers to face the hard-hitting realities of having sex too young, including unwanted pregnancies, STD's, and AIDS by being introduced to several sexually active teenagers, many of whom are having unprotected sex.

Title: Uncommon Bond
Grade Level: 7-10
Format: VHS, teacher's guide
Details: 40 minutes, 1988, Sunburst
Synopsis: Sensitizes students to the reality of AIDS by dramatizing one man's struggle with the disease. Teaches compassion for people and what it's like to undergo treatment. Looks at acceptance and tolerance, hospice, and home care.

Title: Universal Precautions For School Staff
Grade Level: School staff
Format: VHS
Details: 16 minutes, 1990, AMS
Synopsis: Covers universal precautions school staff need to practice consistently to avoid contact with various germs, viruses or diseases.

Title: What Is AIDS?
Grade Level: 3-6
Format: VHS
Details: 16 minutes, 1988, Sunburst Communications
Synopsis: Explores many of the AIDS issues and questions important to elementary school students. Provides a basic understanding of the body's immune system and how the system works.

Title:  What You Should Know About Oral Cancer
Grade Level:  9/12, adults
Format:  VHS
Details:  1984, 9 min., American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, American Cancer Society, American Speech-Language--Hearing Association
Synopsis:  The video investigates oral cancer prevention, early detection through self and professional examinations and cancer treatments.  Risk factors including alcohol, sun exposure, and tobacco usage (including smokeless tobacco) are outlined.

Title: Whenever You Sleep With Someone
Grade Level: 11-12
Format: VHS video and guide
Details: 8 minutes, 1992, AIDS Impact, Inc.
Synopsis: Trigger film to raise teen's sense of vulnerability. Young woman learns consequence of alcohol and sex.

Title: Who's In Charge? Teens Talk About Diabetes
Grade Level: 6-12
Format: VHS, guide
Details: 13 minutes, 1994, Altschul Productions
Synopsis: Covers issues around diabetes of communicating with parents, being prepared, dealing with medication in public places, explaining the disorder to friends, being prepared while traveling, and the issue of driving, among others.

(2006)Title:  Why Don't We Do It In Our Sleeves?
Grade Level:  4-12, Adult
Format:  DVD
Details:  2005, OtoRhinoLounsburglogy Productions, 5 mins.
Synopsis:  "Anyone who coughs or sneezes should watch this video." This DVD is a short course on the new way to cough and sneeze in a way that minimizes the spread of germs and viruses to others. The medium is comical but the message is serious. "With the threat of flu killing citizens, everyone should see and heed this!"

Title: Word on the Street
Grade Level: 9-12
Format: VHS video
Details: 23 minutes, 1991, Select Media
Synopsis: Painful story of dangerous day in the life of kids on the street. Realistic, good tool for use with high-risk youth.

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BOOKS AND PRINTED MATERIAL:

(2001)Title: AIDS Aids: HIV Prevention Education for Puberty Age Youth
Grade Level: 4-9
Call Number:  HERC 614.5 M7648a
Format: Book
Details:    80 pgs., 1990,  Montfort, Acton,  Gardner, &  O'Leary, Center for Family Life Education, Planned Parenthood of Greater Northern New Jersey, Inc.
Synopsis:  Lesson plans and resource guide to assist educators of puberty age youth as they search for appropriate materials to use in teaching about AIDS/HIV.

Title: AIDS Challenge
Grade Level: K-12, teachers, parents
Call Number: HERC 614.5 AI 25
Format: Book
Details: 1988, Marcia Quackenbush, Network Publications
Synopsis: Designed to provide educators, professionals, parents, and youth leaders with guideposts for developing and implementing HIV/AIDS prevention programs.

(2008) Title:  AIDS: First Facts for Kids Grades 4-6
Grade Level:  4-6
Call Number:  HERC 614.5 Sch957a
Format:  Book
Details:  1997, Linda Schwartz, The Learning Works Inc., 56 pgs
Synopsis:  This book explores more than 30 important questions students in grades 4-6 might ask about HIV and AIDS. While promoting sexual abstinence and a drug-free life, the book presents the facts in a candid, straightforward manner. Students will learn about the causes of AIDS, the many illnesses that accompany it, the myths and truths about avoiding infection, and strategies for handling peer pressure. Extended activities include role-playing, research, and creative writing.

Title: AIDS Update
Grade Level: 9-12
Call Number: HERC 614.5 Ab35a
Format: Book
Details: 1988, Globe Book Company, Inc.
Synopsis: Designed to teach teenagers the facts about AIDS and how to reduce their risk of infection and save lives.

(2002)Title:  Allergies (My Health)
Grade Level:  4-8
Call Number:  HERC 616.9
Format:  Book
Details:  48 pgs., 1999, Dr. Alvin Silverstein, Virginia Silverstein & Laura Silverstein, Grolier Publishing
Synopsis:  Discusses the nature and effects of allergies, who gets them, how they develop, the different kinds, and how they are treated.

(2006)Title:  B.A.R.T. = Becoming a Responsible Teen; An HIV Risk-Reduction Program for Adolescents
Grade Level:  9-12
Call Number:  HERC 614.5 Sai242b
Format:  Book
Details:  2005, Janet S. St. Lawrence, ETR Associates, 302 pgs.
Synopsis:  B.A.R.T. helps teens clarify their own values about sexual activity; make decisions that will help them avoid becoming infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS; and learn skills to put their decisions into action. In general, the information about HIV and the skill-building activities taught in B.A.R.T. are appropriate for all adolescents. Students will learn: essential information about HIV and AIDS, ways to handle social and sexual pressures, ways to communicate assertively with friends and potential sex partners, refusal skills, negotiation skills, and condom use skills. Replaces earlier edition.

Title: Better Homes and Gardens Family Medical Guide
Grade Level: Adult
Call Number:  HERC 616.02 C777b
Format: Book
Details: 1973, Better Homes and Gardens
Synopsis: A supplement to one's own personal physician. A reference for information about health problems and practical matters of home care, prevention of disease, maintenance of health and recognition of illnesses.

(2001)Title: Body Blues: Weight and Depression (The Teen Health Library of Eating Disorder Prevention series)
Grade Level: 6-12
Call Number: HERC 616.85 W418b
Format: Book
Details:  64 pgs., 1998, Laura Weeldreyer, Rosen Publishing Group
Synopsis: Discusses the relationship between depression, weight and food. Discusses how depression may distort one's view their own appearance and lead to eating disorders. Includes discussions on how mood or feelings may influence what is eaten and offers some suggestions on how to break the cycle of eating related to self-esteem issues.

(2002)Title:  Bulimia Nervosa:  The Secret Cycle of Bingeing and Purging (The Teen Health Library of Eating Disorder Prevention series)
Grade Level:  6-12
Call Number:  HERC 616.85 F852bn
Format:  Book
Details:  64 pgs., 1998, Liza N. Burby, The Rosen Publishing Group
Synopsis:  Introduces the eating disorder known as bulimia nervosa, including its development, its prevention, and sources of help.

Title: Children and the AIDS Virus: A Book for Children, Parents, & Teachers
Grade Level: K-3
Call Number:  HERC 614.5 H295c
Format: Book
Details: 1989, Rosmarie Hausherr, Clarion Books, 48 pgs.
Synopsis: A very simple and easy-to-understand book for young children about the AIDS virus. Meant to be read to children by parents and teachers.

Title: Comprehensive Approach To Reduce Pregnancy and the Spread of HIV: An Advocacy Kit
Grade Level: Adult
Call Number:  HERC 613.9 AL53a
Format: Book
Details: 1997, Diane D. Allensworth, Marcia Rubin, American School Health Association
Synopsis:  The purpose of this document is to foster and promote constructive dialogue among and between school professionals, families and community members to establish, expand or support effective prevention programs.

(2002)Title:  Compulsive Eating:  The Struggle to Feed the Hunger Inside (Teen Health Library of Eating Disorder Prevention series)
Grade Level:  6-12
Call Number:  HERC 616.85 F852ce
Format:  Book
Details:  64 pgs., 1998, Christie L. Ward, Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.
Synopsis:  Discusses the social and psychological causes of compulsive eating and provides guidance for those struggling with this problem.

Title: Condom Availability in Schools
Grade Level: Adult
Call Number: HERC 613.9 C75
Format: Book
Details: 150 pages, 1993, Center for Population Options
Synopsis: Step-by-step guide to advocating, planning, implementing, and evaluating a condom program in school settings.

(2001)Title: Condoms In The Schools
Grade Level: Adults
Call Number: 613.9 Sa49
Format: Book
Details:    137 pgs., 1993, Sarah E. Samuels & Mark D. Smith, Kaiser Forums
Synopsis:  Six papers collected to address the results of a two day meeting with school administrators, public health officials, social scientists, parents and teen-agers to examine the history of condom programs in public schools, as well as the attitudes of school administrators. Participants analyzed legal hurdles and financial hurdles. They looked at the difficulties in evaluating such programs to accurately gauge impacts.

(2007) Title:  The Corpuscles: Adventurers in Inner Space
Grade Level:  2-6
Call Number:  HERC 611.018 B449c
Format:  Book
Details:  1989, Dr. John Benziger, Corpuscles InterGalactica, 60 pgs.
Synopsis:  Join the Corpuscles on a journey of fun and discovery through the "Inner Space" world of the human body. The Corpuscles are real cells- the smallest unit of like itself. Explore with them the workings of our bodies, and learn the vital role our billions of cells play in maintaining health and fighting off disease.

Title:  Death In The Family:  Orphans of the HIV Epidemic
Grade Level:  9/12, adults
Format:  Book
Details:  1993, 157 pgs., United Hospital Fund, HERC 614.5 L578
Synopsis:  Based on the nation's first conference about the orphans of AIDS, this book describes the problem from the perspectives of epidemiology, law, mental health, program development, advocacy and personal experience.  Pointing the way toward solutions, this guide presents policy options and service models and includes a directory of organizations in the New York City area that provide social and support services to children, parents and other affected family members.

Title: Don't Let It Get Around
Grade Level: 7-12
Call Number:  HERC 613.9 D492d
Format: Book
Details: 1989, Christine DeVault,  Network Publications
Synopsis: An interactive book that allow students to "practice" decision-making. This story is about how teens can protect themselves from sexually transmitted diseases and what can happen if they choose not to protect themselves.

(2004)Title:  Encyclopedia of Foods:  A Guide to Healthy Nutrition
Grade Level:  Adults
Call Number:  HERC 641.3 A125en
Format:  Book
Details:  516 pgs., prepared by medical and nutrition experts from Mayo Clinic, University of California, Los Angeles, and Dole Food Company, Academic Press, 2002
Synopsis:  Provides practical and easy-to-understand information on issues relating to good nutrition. Includes the most current recommendations for nutrient intake, the role of each nutrient and how much is needed, U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans and how these guidelines translate into healthful food selections, guidelines on how to select, plan, and prepare healthful meals, healthy and delicious ways to modify favorite family recipes, and nutritionally balanced menus for two weeks.

(2002)Title:  Everything You Need to Know About Eating Smart (The Need to Know Library)
Grade Level:  4-12
Call Number:  HERC 613.2 W636es
Format:  Book
Details:  64 pgs., 2000, Aileen Weintraub, Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.
Synopsis:  Discusses dietary and nutritional health, healthy eating habits, food pyramids, and ways to stay healthy.

(2003)Title:  Exercise Addiction:  When Fitness Becomes an Obsession (The Teen Library of Eating Disorder Prevention series)
Grade Level:  6-12
Call Number:  HERC 616.86 K128ex
Format:  Book 
Details:  64 pgs., 1998, Lauren Kaminker, The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.
Synopsis:  Focuses on exercise addiction and its relationship to eating disorders; explains how compulsive exercise can be harmful and how one can get help to deal with it.

(2008) Title:  Focus on Kids: Adolescent HIV Risk Prevention
Grade Level:  6-9
Call Number:  HERC 614.5 M369f
Format:  Book
Details:  1998, University of Maryland Dept. of Pediatrics, ETR Associates., 198 pgs
Synopsis:  A community-based, 8-session HIV/STD prevention program. Includes interactive activities, makes use of naturally occurring friendship groups to strengthen peer support, covers HIV/STD prevention measures, and helps students clarify personal values and increase communication skills.

(2002)Title:  Food and Love:  Dealing with Family Attitudes About Weight (The Teen Health Library of Eating Disorder Prevention series)
Grade Level:  6-12
Call Number:  HERC 616.85 F852fl
Format:  Book
Details:  64 pgs., 1998, Elizabeth Frankenberger, The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.
Synopsis:  Explains the role that food plays in the home and how the family affects self-image, and provides suggestions for healthy living to protect against eating disorders.

Title: Friends for Life -  See Family Life Education

Title: Germ Smart
Grade Level: K-3
Call Number: HERC 614.4 Sch225g
Format: Book
Details: 1990, Network Publications
Synopsis: Activities for teachers to utilize in educating children about disease prevention.

(2003)Title:  Germs on Their Fingers!
Grade Level:  PreK-3
Call Number:  HERC 613 F4165g
Format:  Book
Details:  60 pgs., 2000, Wendy Wakefield Ferrin, The Wakefield Connection, Inc.
Synopsis:  A Mom decides in her sleep which worry to keep!  Germs on their fingers...teaches children of all ages to wash their hands while teaching community activism.  Back half of book is translated to Spanish.

Title: Getting the Word Out
Grade Level: Adult
Call Number: HERC 614.5 G3355
Format: Book
Details: 232 pages, 1990, ETR Associates
Synopsis: A practical guide for developing effective AIDS education materials, includes evaluation techniques.

(2004)Title:  Health Facts:  Nutrition & Physical Activity (Teacher's Guide)(Health Facts series)
Grade Level:  6-12
Call Number:  HERC 613.2 K8635h v.5
Format:  Book
Details:  128 pgs., 2004, Nora J. Krantzler, PhD, MPH, Lucas Stang, William M. Kane, PhD, CHES, ETR Associates
Synopsis:  The "Health Facts" books gives clear, to-the-point background information on key health topics. The user-friendly format makes it easy to research a topic, prepare to present information, lead discussions and answer questions. "Nutrition & Physical Activity" promotes the benefits of physical activity and good nutrition, provides essential information about nutrition and guidelines for healthy eating, discusses fitness basics and offers guidelines for being physically active, examines body image issues with a focus on healthy ways to maintain weight and danger signs of eating disorders, and includes a glossary, resource list, and extensive references.

(2004)Title:  Health Smart:  Nutrition & Physical Activity (High School Teacher's Guide)(Health Smart series)
Grade Level:  9-12
Call Number:  HERC 613.2 E71np
Format:  Book
Details:  145 pgs., 2004, Johanna Chase, MA, CHES; William M. Kane, PhD, CHES; Susan K. Telljohann, HSD, CHES, ETR Associates
Synopsis:  Use with "Health Smart: Actions - Nutrition & Physical Activity" high school activity guide (HERC 613.2 E71np). "Health Smart" is a comprehensive K-12 health program series that focuses on the essential knowledge and skills kids need to know and be able to do to practice healthy behaviors. In this high school "Nutrition & Physical Activity" teacher's guide, students learn to think, choose and act to eat healthy and to get an appropriate amount of physical activity. Students review key nutrients, food groups, and how to read food labels. They learn about components of physical fitness, and how to access reliable information about nutrition and physical activity. They assess their current eating habits and physical activity levels, set a goal to improve, and learn about the dangers of dieting, disordered eating and food-borne illness.

(2004)Title:  Health Smart:  Nutrition & Physical Activity (High School Activity Guide)(Health Smart series)
Grade Level:  9-12
Call Number:  HERC 613.2 E71np
Format:  Book
Details:  32 pgs., 2004, ETR Associates
Synopsis:  This Health Smart Actions student book reinforces the Health Smart lessons found in "Health Smart: Nutrition & Physical Activity" high school teacher's guide.  Using Health Smart Actions enables students to acquire knowledge essential to the practice of health behaviors and an opportunity to take responsibility for planning their own health behaviors.

(2004)Title:  Health Smart:  Nutrition & Physical Activity (Middle School Teacher's Guide)(Health Smart series)
Grade Level:  6-8
Call Number:  HERC 613.2 E71np
Format:  Book
Details:  134 pgs., 2004, Susan K. Telljohann, HSD, CHES and William M. Kane, PhD, CHES, ETR Associates
Synopsis:  Use with "Health Smart: Actions - Nutrition & Physical Activity" middle school activity guide. "Health Smart" is a comprehensive K-12 health program series that focuses on the essential knowledge and skills kids need to know and be able to do to practice healthy behaviors. In this middle school "Nutrition & Physical Activity" teacher's guide, students learn to think, choose and act to eat healthy, and to get plenty of physical activity. Students review the food guide pyramid and proper serving sizes. They assess their eating habits, apply Guidelines for Healthy Eating to improve their diets, and learn how to read food labels to help guide their food selections. They analyze how family, friends and the media influence their eating habits. They learn about the dangers of dieting and disordered eating. Students assess their physical activity practices and apply Guidelines for Physical Activity & Exercise. They set a healthy eating or exercise goal and monitor their progress toward meeting it.

(2004)Title:  Health Smart:  Actions - Nutrition & Physical Activity (Middle School Activity Guide)(Health Smart series)
Grade Level:  6-8
Call Number:  HERC 613.2 E71np
Format:  Book
Details:  32 pgs., 2004, ETR Associates
Synopsis:  This Health Smart Actions student book reinforces the Health Smart lessons found in "Health Smart: Nutrition & Physical Activity" middle school teacher's guide.  Using Health Smart Actions enables students to acquire knowledge essential to the practice of health behaviors and an opportunity to take responsibility for planning their own health behaviors.

(2003)Title:  Healthy Body Image:  Teaching Kids to Eat and Love Their Bodies Too!
Grade Level:  4-6
Call Number:  HERC 616.85 K156h
Format:  Curriculum
Details:  196 pgs., 1998, Kathy J. Kater, LICSW, National Eating Disorders Association
Synopsis:  A comprehensive resource manual with introductory scripted-lessons for grades four, five or six. Healthy Body Image teaches how appearance changes and healthy bodies progress through puberty--stressing the normal and expected rounding out of girls' bodies, so often confused with "getting fat."

(2003)Title:  Healthy Maine 2010:  Longer and Healthier Lives (See New Resources, Community Health Education)

(2003)Title:  Healthy Maine 2010:  Opportunities for All (See New Resources, Community Health Education)

Title:  The HeART of Training: A Manual of Approaches to Teaching About HIV/AIDS
Grade Level:  Adults
Format:  Binder
Details: 161 pgs., Special Projects of National Significance Program, Cooperative Agreements Training Workshop
Synopsis:  This volume represents a variety of approaches for conveying information about HIV/AIDS that enables one to respond creatively to the changing dynamics of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Title:  Herbs of Choice: The Therapeutic Use of Phytomedicinal
Grade Level:   Adult
Call Number:  HERC 615 T971hc
Format: Book
Details: 209 pgs., 1994, Varro E. Tyler, PhD
Synopsis: A practical volume of reliable information on herbs.

Title: HIV Education in the Classroom
Grade Level: Teachers
Call Number: HERC 614.5 H641ec
Format: Book
Details: 1990, Education Development Center, Inc.
Synopsis: A guide to help trainers prepare teachers to teach about HIV in the context of comprehensive school health education.

Title:  The Honest Herbal: A Sensible Guide to the Use of Herbs and Related Remedies
Grade Level:  Adult
Call Number:  HERC 615 T971hh
Format:  Book
Details:  375 pgs., 1993, Varro E. Tyler, PhD
Synopsis:  Presents essential botanical information and gives you a serious evaluation of both the positive and negative features of the use of various herbs for therapeutic purposes.

(2005)Title:  Jimmy and the Egg Virus
Grade Level:  K-2
Call Number: HERC 614.5 T1823j
Format:  Book
Details:  1988, Mary Tasker, Children's Hospital of New Jersey, 28 pgs.
Synopsis: Children's picture book explains HIV and AIDS virus' to young children. Not overly illustrated but very complete text.

(2006)Title:  Kids Making Quilts for Kids
Grade Level:  7-12
Call Number:  HERC 746.46 AB30k
Format:  Book
Details:  1992, ABC Quilts, The Quilt Digest Press, 43 pgs.
Synopsis:  A young person's guide to making a quilt for a child with AIDS. This book provides an opportunity for parents, teachers, and youth leaders to share in a project that develops self-esteem and communication. For use in homes, classrooms, churches, clubs, and wherever kids come together. Encourages discussion and teaches about HIV/AIDS. For complete teaching kit, see ABC Quilts Educational Program.

Title:  Know About AIDS
Grade Level:  3-7
Call Number:  HERC 614.5 H992k
Format:  Book
Details:  1987, Margaret O. Hyde and Elizabeth Forsyth, Walker and Company, 68 pgs.
Synopsis:  Book that uses sensitivity and clarity to explain HIV/AIDS to children ages 8 to 12. Older but still timely.

Title:  Leukemic Child
Grade Level:  Adults
Format:  Book
Details:  1979, 80 pgs., Office of Cancer Communication, U.S. Government Printing Office HERC 616.1
Synopsis:  One parent's account of coping with a chronic illness in a child, the reality of the disease and coping with hospitalization, home care and death.

Title: Living Well -  See Personal, Mental and Emotional Health

(2008) Title:  Living With HIV/AIDS: Students Tell Their Stories of Stigma, Courage, and Resilience
Grade Level:  9-12
Call Number:  HERC 614.5 J7235l
Format:  Book
Details:  2006, Rebecca C. Jones, National School Boards Association. 42 p.
Synopsis:  Marking the 25th anniversary of the initial CDC report on the AIDS epidemic, this short book explores how well children affected by HIV and AIDS are doing in schools, and how well schools are doing in fulfilling their responsibility to ensure all students have the opportunity to learn.

Title:  Maine Epi-Gram (www.maine.gov/dhs/boh/ddc/indexnew.htm)
Grade Level:  Adults
Format:  Binder
Details:  See table below
Synopsis:  Maine Department of Human Services, Bureau of Health, Division of Disease Control Newsletters covering various health-related topics pertaining to the State of Maine. As of June 2004 only available via the Internet at: www.maine.gov/dhs/boh/ddc/indexnew.htm

Title: My Name Is Jonathan (And I Have AIDS)
Grade Level: K-6, parents and teachers
Call Number: HERC 614.5 Sch33m & HERC 614.5 Sch33m t.e.
Format: Book
Details: 1989, Schilling and Swain
Synopsis: AIDS prevention education for elementary students.

(2001)Title:  Nature's Pharmacy
Grade Level:  5-9
Call Number: HERC 615 Od9n
Format:  Magazine & publisher's teaching suggestions
Details: 49 pgs., February 2001 issue of Odyssey: Adventures in Science, Cobblestone Publications
Synopsis:  Herbal remedies are filling more and more drugstore shelf space in the industrial world - not all of them scientifically tested - to combat anything from the common cold to cancer. Every day researchers discover healing properties of plants that "healers" in undeveloped countries have been administering for centuries. Finding exactly what chemical in a plant is the active ingredient is complicated. Slash and burn development threatens to make many of these potential lifesavers extinct. This issue will explore how science merges with herbalism to get the best medicines.

Title:  Night Kites
Grade Level:  7-12
Format:  Book
Details:  1986, 216 pgs., HarperCollins Publishers
Synopsis:  Seventeen year old Erick's comfortable and well-ordered life begins to fall apart when he is forced to keep two secrets:  the identity of his new girlfriend and the nature of his brother's debilitating illness.

(2005)Title:  Overcoming Childhood Obesity
Grade Level:  Adult
Call Number: HERC 616.92 T372o
Format:  Book
Details:  2004, Colleen Thompson and Ellen Shanley, 224 pgs.
Synopsis: Book written for parents of obese children. Explains the causes of childhood obesity and how to prevent it by creating a healthy environment through diet, exercise, and behavior.

Title:  Programs That Work:  National Health Education Standards Analysis
Grade Level:  Adults
Format:  Book
Details:  1999, 25 pgs., ETR Associates
Synopsis:  Published in April, 1999, this document is the result of the Center for Disease Control's (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) project, Research to Classroom, to identify health education programs that have credible evidence of reducing health risk behaviors among youth.  This document reports on three HIV Prevention programs that work, "Be Proud!  Be Responsible!" (BP!BR!), "Becoming a Responsible Teen" (BART), and "Reducing the Risk" (RTR).  Each analysis includes a brief program synopsis, a summary of how the program addresses the National Health Education Standards, and 2 charts that show an overview of the program analysis, identifies each standard and the associated performance indicators as well as the program sessions where each is addressed.

(2005)Title:  Rescuing the Emotional Lives of Overweight Children: What Our Kids Go Through- and How We Can Help
Grade Level:  Adult
Call Number: HERC 616.92 R4675r
Format:  Book
Details:  2004, Sylvia Rimm, Rodale Inc., 228 pgs.
Synopsis: Book for parents helping a child through a weight problem. Simple advice one can use today, even while still searching for ways to help one's child lose weight.

Title: Sexuality Decision-Making Books for Teens - See Family Life Education

(2001)Title:  Starving to Win:  Athletes and Eating Disorders (The Teen Health Library of Eating Disorder Prevention series)
Grade Level:  6-12
Call Number:  HERC 616.85 ob1s
Format:  Book
Details:  64 pgs., 1998, Eileen O'Brien, The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.
Synopsis:  Deals with the pressure placed on athletes to gain or lose weight, as well as the perils of drugs and crash diets.

(2001)Title: Talking With Kids About AIDS: A Program for Parents and Other Adults Who Care - Resource Manual
Grade Level: Adults
Call Number:  HERC 614.5 T447t
Format: Book
Details: 88 pgs., 1993, Jennifer Tiffany, Donald Tobias, Arzeymah Raqib, Jerome Ziegler, Cornell University
Synopsis: Provides background information necessary for conducting the "Talking With Kids About Aids" program. Ask for the Teaching Guide by the same name.

(2001)Title: Talking With Kids About AIDS: A Program for Parents and Other Adults Who Care - Teaching Guide
Grade Level: Adults
Format: Book
Details: 47 pgs., 1993, Jennifer Tiffany, Donald Tobias, Arzeymah Raqib, Jerome Ziegler, Cornell University
Synopsis: A resource for conducting programs for the Parent AIDS Education Project. The goal of the Parent AIDS Education Project is to save lives by reducing the spread of HIV, the virus associated with AIDS. Ask for the Resource Manual by the same name.

(2007) Title:  Teaching About Sexuality and HIV
Grade Level:  7-12
Call Number:  HERC 613.9 H3584t
Format:  Book
Details:  1996, Evonne Hedgepeth & Joan Helmich, New York University Press, 294 pgs.
Synopsis:  A book for classroom teachers and community health educators who specialize in teaching about sexual health, HIV prevention, and family planning.

Title: Teaching Kids About How AIDS Works: a curriculum for grades K-3
Grade Level: K-3
Call Number: HERC 614.5 Sch65h v.1
Format: Book
Details: 1996, Schonfeld & Quackenbush, ETR Associates
Synopsis: This curriculum uses a conceptual basis for delivery of AIDS as opposed to a factual basis. The curriculum covers illnesses in general, germs and how the body protects itself, the immune system, specific information about AIDS and why it is different from most other diseases. SA Vol. 2 for grades 4-6 below.

Title: Teaching Kids About How AIDS Works: a curriculum for grades 4-6
Grade Level: 4-6
Call Number: HERC 614.5 Sch65h v.2
Format: Book
Details: 1996, Schonfeld & Quackenbush, ETR Associates
Synopsis: This curriculum uses a conceptual basis for delivery of AIDS as opposed to a factual basis. The curriculum covers illnesses in general, germs and how the body protects itself, the immune system, specific information about AIDS and why it is different from most other diseases. SA Vol. 1 for grades K-3 above.

Title: Teen Sexual Behavior - See Family Life Education

(2001)Title: This Is Your Life!: A Teacher's Activity Guidebook For Comprehensive Health Education---(See Nutritional Health)

Title: Training Educators in HIV Prevention
Grade Level: Teachers
Call Number: HERC 614.5 C692t
Format: Book
Details: 155 pages, 1989, Network Publications
Synopsis: In service manual to help educators learn how to effectively teach HIV prevention; includes activities, curriculum ideas.

(2005)Title:  Trans Fats: The Hidden Killer in our Food
Grade Level:  adult
Call Number: HERC 613.2 Sh265t
Format:  book
Details:  2004, Judith Shaw, Pocket Books, 175 pgs.
Synopsis:"Everything there is to know about trans fats." Book discusses the presence of trans fats in processed foods, reading nutrition labels, and how to shop for and cook trans fat-free meals.

(2007) Title:  Uncle Jerry Has AIDS
Grade Level:  1-5
Call Number:  HERC 614.5 B6639u
Format:  Book
Details:  Jim & Brett Boulden, Boulden Publishing, 32 pgs.
Synopsis:  Booklet designed to help process attitudes and emotions held by children about AIDS/HIV. Easy-to-read format. Booklet is actually a coloring book; but pages must be reproduced before coloring!

(2006)Title:  Underage and Overweight
Grade Level:  preK-12, Adult
Call Number:  HERC 616.92 B4528u
Format:  Book
Details:  2005, Frances M. Berg, Hatherleigh Press, 475 pgs.
Synopsis:  In this groundbreaking book, noted childhood obesity expert Frances M. Berg addresses the complex problems of childhood obesity and teaches the secrets of raising healthy weight children. Now revised and updated, it provides parents, teachers, and healthcare providers with practical guidelines for a healthy lifestyle approach that helps every kid and does no harm.

(2004)Title:  What Color is Your Diet?  The 7 Colors of Health
Grade Level:  Adults
Call Number:  HERC 613.2 H3539wh
Format:  Book
Details:  270 pgs., 2001, David Heber, M.D., Ph.D., Regan Books
Synopsis:  In this book, you will learn about human genetics and how diet interacts with your DNA, the personal code that defines whom you are in every cell of your body. It is damage to the DNA that is the root cause of cancer and many other common diseases. You will also learn how this happens and how the chemicals found in fruits and vegetables can protect your DNA from damage. This book is different from other diet books as it organizes your whole diet, starting with fruits and vegetables as the base and then customizing your calorie and protein needs to your body. The amount of lean versus fat tissue in your body, not your height or weight, determines your calorie needs.

(2002)Title:  What Makes You Cough, Sneeze, Burp, Hiccup, Blink, Yawn, Sweat and Shiver? (My Health)
Grade Level:  4-8
Call Number:  HERC 612.8
Format:  Book
Details:  48 pgs., 2000, Jean Stangl, Grolier Publishers
Synopsis:  Describes what makes people cough, sneeze, burp, hiccup, yawn, and have other such reflex responses and explains the role these actions play in maintaining health.

(2002)Title:  What's Real, What's Ideal:  Overcoming a Negative Body Image (The Teen Health Library of Eating Disorder Prevention series)
Grade Level:  6-12
Call Number:  HERC 616.85 F852wr
Format:  Book
Details:  64 pgs., 1999, Brangien Davis, The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.
Synopsis:  Examines the causes and consequences of negative feelings about one's body and discusses ways to develop a more positive and accepting self-awareness.

(2001) Title: Women and Aids: Negotiating Safer Practices, Care and Representation