Essay
HEALTH PAPER TOPICS
1. HEALTH: A SOCIAL
ACCOMPLISHMENT
1. Progress in American medicine
2. Life expectancy in the U.S.A.
3. Conquest of individual diseases
4. Downward trend of death rates
5. Decline in tuberculosis deaths
6. Nuclear power plants
2. HEALTH: A SOCIAL PROBLEM
7. Health and income
8. Water pollution and health
9. Air pollution (smog)
10. Leading causes of death
11. Leading causes of illness
12. Overpopulation and health
13. Congressional health proposals
14. Health needs of the nation
15. Farming the sea
16. Pollution control devices
17. Thermal pollution
18. Pesticides and herbicides
19. Solid waste pollution
20. Noise pollution
21. Radiation
22. Sewage
23. Protection for the consumer
24. Future of the city
3. NUTRITIONAL CONCERNS AND
HEALTH
25. The basic four food groups
26. Importance of breakfast
27. Between-meal feedings
28. Food and mental health
29. Values of specific foods
30. Importance of food minerals
31. The vitamins
32. Vitamin B complex
33. Health aspects of proteins
34. Fats in human nutrition
35. Carbohydrates and sweets
36. Health values of milk
37. Foods and overweight
38. Problems of underweight
39. Food-borne epidemics
40. Health hazards from foods
41. Chemical additives in foods
42. Fats and heart disease
43. Foods and dental health
44. Enriched foods: breads, cereals
45. Foot-and-mouth disease
46. Dieticians
47. Reducing diets
48. Nutritional diseases
49. Water and health
50. Food fallacies
51. Food fads
52. Food poisoning
53. Calories
54. Physiology of weight control
55. Malfunctions in regulation of food intake
56. Food fibers
57. Advertising
58. Organic and natural foods
59. Nutritional needs during pregnancy
60. Poverty and malnutrition
61. Food additives
62. Artificial sweetening agents
4. PHYSICAL FITNESS AND HEALTH
63. Status of national fitness
64. What is physical fitness?
65. Values of physical fitness?
66. Can a person exercise too much?
67. Prevention of physical fatigue
68. Exercise and weight control
69. Exercise and convalescence
70. Exercise and menstruation
71. Age and capacity
72. Nutritional needs in exercise
73. Posture and body mechanics
74. Drugs and athletic performance
75. "Athletes" foot
76. Importance of sleep
77. Exercise and the relief of tension
78. Exercise and scholastic achievement
79. Structure and function of organs
80. and systems of the human body
81. Isometric exercises
82. Isotonic exercises
83. Fitness and fad
5. MENTAL/EMOTIONAL HEALTH &
DISEASES
84. Basic emotional needs
85. Mental hygiene for the normal
86. Prevention of mental illness
87. Causes of mental illness
88. Types of mental disorders
89. Prevalence of mental illness
90. Treatments for mental illness
91. Limitations of psychotherapy
92. The mentally retarded
93. Fatigue and nervousness
94. Signs and symptoms of mental illness
95. Neurotic heart disease
96. Physical effects of worry
97. Depression
98. Causes and prevention of suicide
99. The tranquilizing drugs
100. Psychosomatic illness
101. Psychotherapy
102. Drug therapy
103. Defense mechanisms
104. Human personality
105. Self-concept
106. Death and dying
107. Psychological stress, tension and
anxieties
108. Jealousy
109. Insomnia
110. Commitment of the mentally ill
111. Research in mental health
6. HEREDITY AND EUGENICS
112. Genetic effects of radiation
113. Hereditary bleeding diseases
114. Diabetes
115. Muscular dystrophy
116. Is cancer hereditary?
117. Allergy and heredity
118. The Rh blood factor
119. Hereditary defects
120. Transplanting
121. Artificial body parts
122. Cloning
123. Sickle-cell anemia
7. INFECTION AND IMMUNITY
124. Leading communicable diseases
125. Epidemic intelligence
126. Tuberculosis
127. Desirable immunizations
128. BCG vaccination
129. Poliomyelitis
130. The Salk (polio) vaccine
131. Insects and disease
132. Flies and diseases
133. Mosquitoes and disease
134. Malaria
135. Diphtheria
136. Tetanus
137. Pneumonia and influenza
138. Smallpox and vaccination
139. Infectious mononucleosis
140. The "common cold"
141. Diseases from animals
142. Rabies
143. Venereal disease
144. Pre-marital blood examinations
145. Pre-natal blood examinations
146. Infectious hepatitis
147. Encephalitis
148. Trichinosis
149. Whooping cough (pertussis)
150. Sulfa and the antibiotics
151. Strep infections
152. DDT
153. Other infections
154. Natural body defenses against diseases
155. Bronchitis
8. CHRONIC & DEGENERATIVE DISEASE
156. Heart diseases and other cardio. diseases
157. Cancer and treatment of cancer
158. High blood pressure
159. Chronic ulcerative colitis
160. Arthritis and rheumatism
161. Varicose veins
162. Migraine headaches
163. Cerebral palsy
164. Epilepsy
165. Allergy and antihistamines
166. Leukemia
167. Kidney stones
168. Goiter and thyroid disease
169. Multiple sclerosis
170. Asthma
171. Health problems of old age
172. Anemia
173. Appendicitis
174. Kidney disease
175. Hodgkin's disease
176. Diet and heart disease
177. Emphysema
178. Parkinson's Disease
179. Hemorrhoids
180. Stroke
181. Organ transplant
182. Diseases of the gallbladder
183. The ulcer problem
9. MOOD MODIFIERS
184. The problem drinker
185. Social effects of alcohol
186. Narcotics
187. Drug addiction in adolescence
188. Social effects of drug education
189. Can drug addicts be cured?
190. Marijuana
191. Tobacco and health
192. Tobacco and lung cancer
193. Dangers of "pep" pills and other
amphetamines
194. Effects of tea and coffee
195. The barbiturates
196. Tranquilizers
197. Depressants
198. Hallucinogens
199. Narcotics in medicine
200. Alcoholism
201. Prevention and treatment of alcoholism
202. Legalization of marijuana
203. Rights of the non-smoker
10. SIGHT, HEARING AND SPEECH
204. Lifelong care of the eyes
205. Sudden loss of vision
206. The cross-eyed child
207. Injuries to the eye
208. Glaucoma
209. Eye banks
210. Different glasses/contact lenses
211. Cataracts
212. The eye examination
213. Stuttering
214. Causes of hearing loss
215. Ear infections in childhood
216. Wax in the ears
217. Hearing tests
218. Eye disorders
219. Eye transplants
11. CARE OF THE SKIN
220. Sunbathing
221. Acne
222. Athlete's foot (fungus infections)
223. Warts
224. Burns
225. Psychogenic skin disorders
226. Skin infections
12. DENTAL HEALTH
227. Causes of dental illness
228. Sugars and dental decay
229. Fluoridation of water supplies
230. Fluoridated toothpastes
231. Prevention of dental decay
232. Diet and oral hygiene
233. Periodontal diseases
13. SAFETY AND EMERGENCY
PROCEDURES
234. Accidents as a national problem
235. Traffic accident problem
236. Speed and accidents
237. Drunken driving
238. Fire safety
239. Fire extinguishers & their use
240. Electrical accidents
241. Home accidents
242. Bicycle safety
243. Safety in the water
244. Artificial respiration
245. Accidents of old and young
246. Safety features for cars
247. Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation
248. Snowmobiles
249. Motorcycles
250. Poisoning
251. Emergency First Aid
252. Camping accidents
253. Accident procedures
254. Gun safety
14. HEALTH AND THE PHYSICAL
ENVIRONMENT
255. Radiation and health
256. Rhus poisoning (poison oak, etc.)
257. Bee and wasp stings
258. Snake bites
259. Frostbite
260. Heat stroke
261. Sunburn
262. Cold injuries
263. Earthquakes
264. Fires
265. Pollens in the air
266. Carbon monoxide hazard
267. Poisonous plants
268. Tornados and Hurricanes
15. HEALTH SERVICES AND FACILITIES
269. The medical profession
270. The nursing profession
271. The dental profession
272. Physical therapy
273. Multiple health occupations
274. Medical specialists
275. Medical and surgical costs
276. Blue Cross Hospital Insurance
277. Blue Shield Medical Care
278. Health and accident policies
279. Quackery in health
280. Hospital service
281. Blood donors and blood banks
282. Jobs in public health
283. The chest X-ray
284. Medicaid
285. Alcoholics Anonymous
286. Acupuncture
287. Chiropractic
16. FAMILY HEALTH & SAFETY
288. Preparation for marriage
289. Pregnancy and health
290. Health aspects of fertility
291. Natural childbirth
292. The premarital examination and the
Rh factor
293. Caesarean surgery
294. The climacteric (change of life)
295. Accidental child poisonings
296. Causes of divorce
297. German measles during pregnancy
298. Immunization in children
299. Births in hospitals or homes
300. Causes of infant deaths
301. Sex instruction
302. Safety in the home
303. Menstrual problems and menstruation
304. Health qualifications for marriage
305. Contraception
306. Abortion
307. Masturbation
308. Homosexuality
309. Sexuality and morality
310. Living together
311. Reproductive organs
312. Diseases of male and female
reproductive organs
313. Physiology of sexual response
314. Prenatal care
315. Emergency childbirth
316. Premarital intercourse
317. Transvestism
318. Transsexualism
319. Sexuality and the aging
320. Frigidity
321. Impotence
322. Masculinity and Femininity
323. Genetic counseling
324. Complications of pregnancy
17. SCHOOL HEALTH
325. Scope of school health program
326. The school physician
327. The school nurse
328. Immunizations in school
329. Emotions and learning
330. Health careers
331. School meal programs
332. Vision and hearing testing in schools
(health appraisal)
333. Healthful school environment
334. Health services
335. Laws of school health education,
healthful school environment, and
health appraisal
18. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
336. Fatigue in the worker
337. Nutrition of workers
338. Industrial dusts and health
339. Problem drinkers in industry
340. Off-the-job accidents
341. Sight conservation in industry
342. Industrial safety programs
343. Health and absenteeism
344. Health hazards in specific occupations
345. Child labor law
346. Noise, vibration and health
347. Workmen's Compensation
19. COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES
348. The U.S. Public Health Service
349. Department of Health, Education and
Welfare
350. Federal Food and Drug Administration
351. State health departments
352. County health departments
353. City and local health departments
354. Voluntary health agencies
355. American Red Cross Blood Program
356. Community aspects of fluoridation of
water supplies
357. The chlorination of water
358. Sanitation of water supplies
359. Organizations for protection of the
environment (ex: EPA)
360. Community Health screening programs
361. Disease statistics
20. INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
362. The World Health Organization
363. World Food needs
364. Leading world health problems
365. World-famous epidemics
366. Worldwide cooperation in reporting
epidemic diseases
From: THE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, January, 1978, pp. 656-660