Journal of School Health articles from November 2006

Journal of School Health archives from November 2006

Is overweight based on BMI a good predictor of risk for hypertension among adolescents?(Letter to the Editor)(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2006... More than 9 million children and adolescents in the United States are overweight or obese. (1) Elevation in blood pressure occurred 9 times more among the obese, (2) and 80% of the obese adolescents have elevated blood pressure. (3) With this...

Law as a tool to improve the health of children and adolescents in schools.
November 1, 2006... At every level of education in the United States, schools are actively involved in protecting the health of populations, particularly children and adolescents. (1) Schools offer or host health programs, provide direct health services through...

Enhancing No Child Left Behind-school mental health connections.(General Article)(No Child Left Behind Act with school mental health)
November 1, 2006... The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (PL107-110) was signed into law by President George W. Bush in January 2002 and is regarded as the most significant federal education policy initiative in a generation. (1) Enactment of the No Child Left...

Implementation of an aggressive random drug-testing policy in a rural school district: student attitudes regarding program fairness and effectiveness.(Research Papers)(Drug Testing in Schools)
November 1, 2006... In their efforts to reduce illicit drug use among students, many school districts have implemented random, suspicionless drug-testing (RDT) programs. The modest but steady growth of these programs (1,2) was spurred on by 2 US Supreme Court...

Assessing the use of school public address systems to deliver nutrition messages to children: shape up Somerville--audio adventures.(National School Lunch Program)
November 1, 2006... The prevalence of childhood overweight has increased dramatically since the 1970s to become one of the most alarming public health problems in the United States today. (1) To address this problem, change must take place in many areas of a...

Bullying and smoking: examining the relationships in Ontario adolescents.(Health Behavior in School-Aged Children)
November 1, 2006... Once considered a rite of passage, childhood bullying has become a concern for educators, health professionals, and parents alike. Dramatic events such as the death of a schoolgirl at the hands of bullies in British Columbia, Canada, or...

Validating an asthma case detection instrument in a head start sample.(medical history and physical examination)
November 1, 2006... The need for school-based instruments to detect children who have asthma symptoms but no diagnosis and children with diagnosed asthma that is poorly controlled has been carefully examined by Wheeler, Boss, and colleagues. (1,2) Asthma and...

Assuring the safety of severely food allergic children in school.(life-threatening allergic reaction)
November 1, 2006... Knowledge of life-threatening food allergies and preparation for allergic reactions will enable school personnel to effectively respond to a student having a severe allergic reaction. While the mortality rate for food allergy reactions is low...