Journal of School Health articles from January 2006

Journal of School Health archives from January 2006

The changing face of professional school health-related journals.(Journal of School Health)
January 1, 2006... This issue of the Journal of School Health (JOSH) introduces some changes intended to add value to an already outstanding journal. These changes build upon JOSH becoming available for the first time electronically in 2005. Members can access...

School absenteeism and school refusal behavior: a review and suggestions for school-based health professionals.
January 1, 2006... A perplexing and potentially devastating set of problems faced by many school-based health professionals involves student absenteeism and school refusal behavior. School absenteeism refers to absence from school for any legitimate or...

Sports medicine and school nurses: a growing need for further education and appropriate resources.
January 1, 2006... Primitive man was concerned solely with survival. To exist in his world demanded the utmost in survival skills, for which he needed a body trained to make effective use of each physical ability. Since he could not afford to be incapacitated in...

Ethnic and socioeconomic comparisons of fitness, activity levels, and barriers to exercise in high school females.
January 1, 2006... Cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes account for almost 70% of mortality in the United States, (1) with nonwhite minorities at the greatest risk for morbidity and mortality related to disease. African Americans have higher rates of...

Asthma status and severity affects missed school days.
January 1, 2006... Asthma is the most common chronic childhood illness affecting approximately 6.3 million (8.7%) children in the United States. (1) Despite advances in our understanding of asthma's pathophysiology, there have been increases in the prevalence,...

Correlates of the intention to remain sexually inactive among underserved Hispanic and African American high school students.(control of teenage pregnancy)
January 1, 2006... In the United States, today, 9% of women between the ages of 15 and 19 years become pregnant each year. This constitutes about 890,000 teenage pregnancies each year. From this group of pregnant teens, 5% give birth, 3% have induced abortions,...

A multidisciplinary health care team's efforts to improve educational attainment in children with sickle-cell anemia and cerebral infarcts.(Research Papers)
January 1, 2006... Children with sickle-cell disease (SCD) are at risk for multiorgan disease including cerebral infarcts. (1) At least 30% of children with sickle-cell anemia have cerebral infarcts before 18 years of age. (2) Children with either overt strokes...

Bridging the gap between research and school health programs.(research council service for school health)
January 1, 2006... The educational success of today's student has been inexorably linked to their health status and has been noted in national documents, such as Healthy People 2010 and America 2000: An Educational Strategy. (1,2) Likewise, the success of...