Journal of School Health articles from March 2008

Journal of School Health archives from March 2008

Smoking status of adolescents in 2 countries and the impact of the smoking status of mother, father, grandparents, and siblings.(Report)
March 1, 2008... There is considerable agreement throughout the world that adolescent smoking preferences are influenced by parents, grandparents, and siblings. (1,2) Learning about the influence of this modifiable family environmental factor is extremely...

"Congratulations, you have been randomized into the control group!(?)": Issues to consider when recruiting schools for matched-pair randomized control trials of prevention programs.(General Article)(Report)
March 1, 2008... Comprehensive school-based prevention programs that address a broad range of student outcomes, such as academic achievement, prosocial behaviors, and self-esteem, are usually applied school wide. (1) Research designs involving random assignment...

The relationship between school absence, academic performance, and asthma status.(Research Article)(Report)
March 1, 2008... Increased absenteeism, minority status, gender, and low socioeconomic status (SES) are all measures associated with poor academic performance among the school-going child. (1-10) Studies demonstrate that children with asthma are absent more...

Relationship of anger, stress, and coping with school connectedness in fourth-grade children.(Research Article)(Report)
March 1, 2008... High trait anger and stress, ineffective patterns of anger expression, and coping are risk factors for the development of disease and negative social behaviors in children and adults. While the presence of these psychobehavioral risk factors is...

Passive versus active parental permission: implications for the ability of school-based depression screening to reach youth at risk *.(Research Article)(Report)
March 1, 2008... Although ages vary by state, minors in most states may give permission for reproductive care (related to sexual assault, rape, pregnancy, and sexually transmitted diseases services), human immunodeficiency virus testing and counseling, mental...

Internet addiction and psychiatric symptoms among Korean adolescents.(Research Article)(Clinical report)
March 1, 2008... Internet use in Korea has increased rapidly and has become a major part of daily life. The rate of Internet use in 2005 in South Korea was reported to be 66% for men and 53% for women. Approximately 25% of Korean households were registered for...

Establishing a practice-based research network: lessons from the Massachusetts experience.(Health Service Application)
March 1, 2008... A session on the recently established Massachusetts School Nurse Research Network (MASNRN) was presented at the October 2006 Annual American School Health Association conference in St Louis. MASNRN represents a unique partnership of the...

Interpreting causes of personal stress with "cheese".(Teaching Technique)(Report)
March 1, 2008... Attempts to identify the root causes of individual stress have been made for centuries. The result has been the development of a myriad of approaches and explanations as to the cause of stress by psychologists, educators, researchers, and...

"Good for you TV": using storyboarding for health-related television public service announcements to analyze messages and influence positive health choices.(Teaching Technique)(Report)
March 1, 2008... Many external and societal factors influence health choices and behaviors, including health-related media messages. What people, especially youth, see and hear in health-related media messages often influences their overall health. The...

Passive versus active parental permission: implications for the ability of school-based depression screening to reach youth at risk.(ASHA Self-Study Continuing Education)
March 1, 2008... March 2008 issue of Journal of School Health Earn 1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour Earn 1.0 CECH Category I CHES, OH0005 1. The federal law to which school districts refer when seeking parental consent for school-based...