Journal of School Health articles from March 2001

Journal of School Health archives from March 2001

Virginity: A State of Mind ... But Not Necessarily of Body.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... When reading evaluations of sexuality education programs, one cannot help being struck by the faith investigators must, of necessity,[1] place in the self-reports of teenagers concerning their sexual behavior. Despite decades of contrary...

Schoolchildren and Backpacks.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2001... Schoolchildren carrying heavy backpacks and chronic back pain continue to pose problems worldwide. In my previous two-month study of 36 students ages 11.1 to 14.5 years, about 60% of the students reported pain due to back-packs. About 22% of...

Legislation, Policy, and Tobacco Use Among Youth: Implications for Health Care Providers.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... ABSTRACT: This paper addresses implications of recent tobacco legislation, policy, and tobacco use among youth in the context of health care policy and services. Tobacco use prevalence and definitions and diagnoses of nicotine addiction and...

Autism and the School Nurse.
March 1, 2001... ABSTRACT: Until recently, treatment for children with autism involved housing them in hospitals for the developmentally disabled. Today, more states are returning children with autism to their home communities, and more parents are choosing or...

Toward a Public Mental Health Promotion and Intervention System for Youth.
March 1, 2001... ABSTRACT: Substantial limitations exist at all levels of mental health care for youth in most communities in the United States. Particular gaps exist in the areas of prevention, mental health promotion, and early intervention programs. The...

Receipt of School Health Education and School Health Services Among Adolescent Immigrants in Massachusetts.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2001... ABSTRACT: This study assessed whether immigrant adolescents receive health education and services in schools at levels comparable to native-born peers. Surveys from 2,635 8th and 10th graders allowed comparisons between students living in the...

Alternative Medicine: More Than A Harmless Option.
March 1, 2001... A fourth grade teacher learns that a nine-year-old student in her class has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. After surgery to remove the growth, the child's physicians recommend chemotherapy and radiotherapy. This treatment offers a survival...

Traditional Asthma Education for Adolescents.
March 1, 2001... Topic Adolescents and asthma education. Objectives Students will: 1) Learn at least two ways to prevent or manage an asthma episode. 2) Gain increased personal control over asthma. 3) Understand the basic physiology...

Five Activities for Student Nurses at Inner-City Schools in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
March 1, 2001... Senior student nurses, as part of their community health clinical experience, were assigned to staff the school health clinics at four Chattanooga inner-city elementary schools. At the time of the project, Chattanooga had 81 schools and a staff...

Enhancing Youth Achievement Through Telementoring.
March 1, 2001... According to a report from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention,[1] youth who participated in a mentor program for at least a year were 46% less likely to begin using illegal drugs, 27% less likely to begin using alcohol,...