Journal of School Health articles from September 2005

Journal of School Health archives from September 2005

Youth voices as change agents: moving beyond the medical model in school-based health center practice.
September 1, 2005... Over the past decade, there has been considerable concern expressed about the health status of adolescents. After early infancy, adolescence is the period of greatest general health vulnerability until one becomes elderly. (1) It is estimated...

The small schools movement: implications for health education.
September 1, 2005... Beginning in the 1950s with the Russian launching of Sputnik, American political leaders, influential business organizations, school boards, and the general public believed that larger, comprehensive schools offered students the best...

Sleep and student performance at school.
September 1, 2005... Health professionals frequently remind educators of the correlation between healthy behaviors and educational outcomes. However, evidence for this connection is not always apparent or readily available. The increasing emphasis on accountability...

Chronic health conditions and student performance at school.
September 1, 2005... Health professionals frequently remind educators of the correlation between children's health and academic potential. That generalization is not often accompanied by a discussion of specific health conditions or factors and more rarely...

How attrition impacts the internal and external validity of longitudinal research.(Commentaries)
September 1, 2005... Longitudinal research produces more reliable evidence concerning causality by gathering data directly from participants, preintervention and postintervention, utilizing 1 or more follow-up studies at the conclusion. The process of surveying at...

Lights, camera, action: integrating popular film in the health classroom.(Teaching Techniques)
September 1, 2005... Use of popular films in the classroom, termed "cinema education, is becoming increasingly popular in teaching health education. As a matter of convenience, popular films are easy to access, affordable, and most schools have access to supporting...

Parental vaccine beliefs and child's school type.(Health Service Applications)
September 1, 2005... The school system plays an important role in a child's vaccination status, whether by directly offering immunization services, maintaining immunization records, or providing an incentive for up-to-date immunizations through the enforcement of...