Journal of School Health articles from May 2001

Journal of School Health archives from May 2001

The Health and Education Leadership Project: A School Initiative for Children and Adolescents with Chronic Health Conditions.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2001... During the past 30 years, advances in the medical sconces created an emerging population of school children with chronic health conditions such as asthma, diabetes, cancer, and cystic fibrosis. Some researchers, depending on the definition of...

School-Based Telehealth: An Empirical Analysis of Teacher, Nurse, and Administrator Perceptions.
May 1, 2001... Until recently, health care traditionally occurred in face-to-face environments, such as settings where patient and physician are physically in the same room. With the advent of sophisticated teleconferencing technologies and equipment, options...

Safety Makes Sense: A Program to Prevent Unintentional Injuries in New York City Public Schools.
May 1, 2001... Seventeen New York City public school second-graders sat in a circle on the carpeted floor, singing a tune they composed themselves called "Cooperate." "One more time, from the top... " their musician leader proposed as the keyboard player...

Factors Associated with Student Participation in a School-Based Hepatitis B Immunization Program.
May 1, 2001... Despite the widespread availability of hepatitis B vaccine, hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Because most HBV infections in the United States are acquired beginning in...

Effectiveness of the "Baby Think It Over" Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program.
May 1, 2001... Preventing adolescent sexual activity has become a major, though clearly not the only, component of the school sexuality curriculum. Despite continued efforts to decrease teen-age sexual activity, more than one-half of US teens have had sexual...

Impact of a School-Based Health Center on Emergency Department Use by Elementary School Students.(Statistical Data Included)
May 1, 2001... School-based health centers (SBHC) have improved health care access for school-aged youth and adolescents. Documenting that this increased access results in more appropriate use of hospital emergency departments would be important. Emergency...

Assessing the Costs of School-Based Mental Health Services.
May 1, 2001... School mental health programs represent an important setting for providing mental health services to youth. These programs reduce barriers to receiving services, such as offering access regardless of ability to pay for care. One important issue...

Utilizing Undergraduate Nursing Students to Provide Health Education in Elementary Schools.
May 1, 2001... Health education, a major component of a coordinated school health program (CSHP), is a key school-based intervention for improving the health-related knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of students.[1] Viewed in a larger context, schools "are...