Journal of School Health articles from August 2007

Journal of School Health archives from August 2007

Implementation of CDC's School Health Index in 3 midwest middle schools: motivation for change.(General Article)(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
August 1, 2007... Obesity continues to be a significant health problem in the United States. The most current data from the National Center for Health Statistics indicates that 30% of US adults 20 years of age and older are obese. The percentage of young people...

Staff- and school-level predictors of school organizational health: a multilevel analysis.(Research Article)(Report)
August 1, 2007... As school staff are increasingly held accountable for student behavior and academic performance, greater emphasis is being placed on enhancing environmental factors that improve student outcomes. A growing number of school-wide programs are...

Rates of student-reported antisocial behavior, school suspensions, and arrests in Victoria, Australia and Washington State, United States *.(Research Article)(Report)
August 1, 2007... LITERATURE REVIEW Rates of antisocial behavior including violence and crime peak in mid- to late adolescence. (1-3) Many adolescents who engage in antisocial behavior desist but others continue. (4) How society (including schools) responds...

Study of health outcomes in school children: key challenges and lessons learned from the Framingham schools' natural history of nevi study.(Research Article)(Report)
August 1, 2007... LITERATURE REVIEW Nevi (moles) are potential precursors of melanomas and are among the most important known risk factors for the disease among adults.]x While the specific genetic underpinnings of nevogenesis have not been elucidated,...

Use of the transtheoretical model to predict stages of smoking cessation in Korean adolescents.(Research Article)(Report)
August 1, 2007... Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in South Korea, with lung cancer being the number 1 cause of cancer deaths in 2004, constituting 23.9% of all cancer deaths among Korean men. (1) The prevalence of smoking among male Korean...

Successful adoption of a school-based telemedicine system.(Health Services Application)(Report)
August 1, 2007... Telemedicine, the provision of health care at a distance via telecommunication technology, has been used to address a range of health concerns in a variety of settings. A common use of telemedicine is to bring medical specialists into rural and...

Evaluation of school-based smoking prevention programs.(Commentary)(Report)
August 1, 2007... The majority of individuals who will become "smokers" begin smoking during their teenage years. (1) Teenage smoking is related to poor physical fitness and reduced immune system functioning and lung capacity. (2,3) Adolescents who develop...