L inda Meeks and Philip Heit

are Professors Emeriti of Health

Education in The College of Education

atThe Ohio State University. They are

Co-CEOs of Meeks Heit Publishing

Company. Linda and Phil have

collaborated for twenty years, co-

authoring more that 150 health books

for students preschool through

college. Their books have been

used to educate millions of students

of all ages about health. Meeks Heit

books are used in thousands of

school districts throughout the

United States as well as in Japan,

England, Puerto Rico, Spain, Egypt,

Jordan, and the Virgin Islands.

Together, they have helped thousands

of school districts develop compre-

hensive school health education

curricula. Their TotallyAwesomd"

Teacher Training Workshops have

been especially popular. Linda and

Phil welcome Randy Page as

co-author on the Second Edition

of Comprehensive School Health

Education: Totally Awesome

SITategies for Teaching Healthi"

Randy is an Associate Professor

of Health Education atthe University

of Idaho. Randy has written more

than 50 journal articles and consult-

ed on research projects with

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention. Linda, Phil, and Randy

are also co-authors of Drugs,

Alcohol, and Tobacco: Totally

AwesomeM Teaching Strategies;

Violence Prevention: Totally

Awesome~ Teaching Strategies for

Safe and Drug-Free Schools;

Violence Prevention: How To Be

Hip, Cool, and Violence-Free; and

Totally Awesome HealthTM K-12,

a comprehensive school health

education program.