Journal of School Health articles from September 2002

Journal of School Health archives from September 2002

School mental health services for homeless children. (Communications).
September 1, 2002... Homeless children face significant psychosocial stressors, which may result in concomitant psychosocial, academic, and health problems. (1,2) Though services for these children and their families are growing, mental health services still are...

Backpacks and musculoskeletal pain: do children with idiopathic scoliosis face a greater risk? (Communications).(article examines musculoskeletal pain in children due to use of backpacks)
September 1, 2002... Chronic musculoskeletal pain in school children, caused by the weight of carry-on items in the school backpack, has been established as a significant problem. (1,4) Pain represents a symptom, not a sign. Though the perception of pain is very...

School nurses as family life educators. (Communications).
September 1, 2002... The article titled "Effectiveness of the `Baby Think It Over' Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program" published in the May 2001 issue of the Journal of School Health (2001;71(5):188-195) inspired me to respond by advocating for the role of the...

Assessing an intensive school-based assistance program to enroll uninsured children. (Articles).
September 1, 2002... Expansion of children's health insurance programs at federal and state levels has produced an increased effort to enroll children into State Child Health Insurance Programs (S-CHIP) and Medicaid. (1-3) No reliable estimate exists for the number...

Developing a strategic plan for school health services in Massachusetts. (Articles).
September 1, 2002... In 1990, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health expanded the School Health Unit with funding from a Maternal and Child Health Block Grant. With its history of comprehensive health education and a strong focus on prevention, the...

Efficacy of training and fidelity of implementation of the Life Skills Training Program. (Research Papers).
September 1, 2002... The Life Skills Training (LST) Program is a substance abuse prevention curriculum based on a multifactorial causal model of youth alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use and on Social Learning Theory. (1,2) More than a decade and a half of...

Variability in drug use prevalence across school districts in the same locale in Ohio.
September 1, 2002... Drug use by young people continues to constitute a major public health concern. (1) It is the precursor to substance abuse which, according to some policy analysts, represents this nation's number one health problem, and one that bears...

Increasing self-esteem and school connectedness through a multidimensional mentoring program.
September 1, 2002... Research indicates high self-esteem serves as a protective factor to youth involvement in risky health behavior. (1-3) High self-esteem is associated with high academic achievement, involvement in sport and physical activity, and development of...

An evidence-based approach to health promoting schools. (Commentaries).
September 1, 2002... The health promoting school (HPS) approach, conceived originally in the United Kingdom, spread widely in Europe during the late 1980s with significant support from the European Office of the World Health Organization (WHO). (1,2) A health...

Building character: discovering and developing character traits. (Teaching Techniques).
September 1, 2002... Topic Responsibility for discovering and developing character traits in students often falls to educators. Health educators play an important role in character education because they provide a bridge between students and their community....

Can school nurses save money by treating school employees as well as students? (Health Service Applications).
September 1, 2002... In the United States, approximately 30,000 school nurses provide nursing services at 110,000 elementary and secondary schools. The National Association of School Nurses guidelines recommend a student-to-nurse ratio of 750:1 for the general...