Publication: Focus on Research: Health a Relatively High Priority, Suggests Research

• Garner, Barbara

Findings from a recent NCSALL survey of 52 state directors
of Adult Basic Education (ABE) suggest that health as a
content area and health as a skill area are relatively high
priorities for them. However, state directors identify a
number of barriers, among them lack of good curricula and
health-related teacher training, as constraints to
implementing health as a content area in ABE. Each state
and U.S. protectorate has a director of Adult Basic
Education, responsible for administering federal adult
basic education funds and policies.