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Title Children, education, and health : international perspectives on law and policy / edited by Neville Harris, Paul Meredith
Published Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2005

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Description xxvi, 277 pages ; 25 cm
Contents Foreword / Jan De Groof -- 1. Schoolchildren and health : the role of international human rights law / Laura Lundy -- 2. Pupil bullying, mental health and the law in England / Neville Harris -- 3. Drug policy in English schools : an analysis / Charlotte Walsh -- 4. Enlightenment and trust : the debate over sex education in the United States / Charles Glenn -- 5. Some shortcomings in the provision of sex education in England / Paul Meredith -- 6. Calculating the risk of teenage pregnancy : sex education, public health, the individual and the law / Ann Blair -- 7. Education and sexual health in the Russian Federation / Gracienne Lauwers -- 8. HIV/AIDS, inclusion and the law in American public schools / Charles J. Russo -- 9. HIV/AIDS policy in South African schools / Christa Van Wyk -- 10. Disability and school education : law and policy in the UK and Australia / Marcia Conroy and Jim Jackson
11. School health education in the United States : the law and the public trust / Gerald S. Fain
Summary "This volume examines the relationship between children's education and health from an international perspective and explores some of the more problematic legal and policy issues. The authors look at a broad range of often controversial issues such as sex, HIV, drugs, bullying, mental health, etc within both a national and international context. The discussion also raises broader questions concerning religious/moral rights within pluralistic societies and the relationship between authorities, teachers and families. At a time when child health is very much in the spotlight, this study highlights the importance of prevention in healthcare and the role of education in protecting and promoting the rights of the child."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-272) and index
Subject School children -- Health and hygiene
Child welfare
Educational law and legislation
Right to education
Right to health
Human rights
Children -- Health and hygiene
Sex education
Author Harris, Neville S., 1954-
Meredith, Paul, 1950-
European Association for Education Law and Policy
LC no. 2005001741
ISBN 0754643875
Other Titles Children, education & health : international perspectives on law and policy