Journal of School Health articles from May 2003

Journal of School Health archives from May 2003

Injuries to preschool children and infection control practices in childcare programs.
May 1, 2003... Injuries represent the leading cause of death for children aged 0 to 12 years, and thus pose a national health problem. (1,2) Furthermore, injuries that involve bleeding or secretion of bodily fluids may pose a risk of infection. (3) The...

The nature and extent of bullying at school.
May 1, 2003... In the past three decades, school bullying gained increased attention in the United States due to media attention on homicide and suicide cases where bullying was a precipitating factor. A report by the US Secret Service (1) investigated...

The Principles of Effectiveness: early awareness and plans for implementation in a national sample of public schools and their districts. (Research Papers).
May 1, 2003... On July 1, 1998, the US Department of Education promulgated the Principles of Effectiveness and made compliance with the principles prerequisite for public schools to continue receiving funds through the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Community...

Do school-based health centers provide adequate asthma care? (Research Papers).
May 1, 2003... Asthma, the most common chronic illness affecting children, is associated with more than 570,000 emergency department visits and 3 million office visits annually for young children. (1,2) Asthma is the leading chronic illness cause of school...

Gender differences in the consequences of a coercive sexual experience among adolescents attending alternative schools. (Research Papers).
May 1, 2003... An estimated 7% to 53% of American women, and 3% to 37% of American men, have been victims of a coercive sexual experience during childhood or adolescence. (1) Estimates of prevalence vary greatly, depending on the sample and definition of...

Correlates of sexual experience among a nationally representative sample of alternative high school students. (Research Papers).
May 1, 2003... Sexual risk behavior declined for adolescents the past decade, but some groups of adolescents remain vulnerable to sexual risk and other health-risk behaviors. (1) One group of potentially vulnerable adolescents includes those who attend...

Using an internet-based registry to link school immunization records with community records. (Health Service Applications).
May 1, 2003... Vaccination provides an efficient and cost-effective public health intervention for preventing childhood diseases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ranks vaccination as the number one public health intervention of the 20th...