{"title":"Medically uninsured children in the United States: a challenge to public policy.","authors":"C. Oberg","doi":"10.1542/peds.85.5.824","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.85.5.824","url":null,"abstract":"This article is an examination of the nature and extent of the problem presented by medically uninsured children in the United States. First, the characteristics of the uninsured population are explored with a description of how age, family income, and employment status disproportionately affect families with children. Second, the Medicaid program and its historically inadequate response to this growing problem of uninsured children is examined. Third, the relationship between insurance status and the health and development of children is discussed. Finally, recent public policy initiatives that have been enacted or proposed to address this inequity in the present health care system are reviewed with a recommendation to establish a \"Universal Maternal and Child Health Program.\"","PeriodicalId":225843,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of school health","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134381608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comprehensive school health education as defined by the National Professional School Health Education Organizations.","authors":"Gale Bartow","doi":"10.1080/00970050.1984.10615766","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00970050.1984.10615766","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The idea for this definition of Comprehensive School Health Education originated at the National Conference on Promoting Health Through the Schools held in Denver August 25–26, 1980. Representatives of several professional school health education organizations at that conference formed a committee which met in San Francisco February 12–13, 1981, to develop a definition that could be sanctioned by the profession. Their first draft was further refined at a subsequent meeting on August 2–3, 1982. Funding for both meetings was provided by the National Center for Health Education. The second draft has undergone extensive revision from members and officers of the representative school health professional organizations. It is presented here as a service and stimulation to professional health educators with the recognition that over time revisions will (and should) occur.","PeriodicalId":225843,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of school health","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133406376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Issues related to designing and conducting school health education research.","authors":"Donald C. Iverson","doi":"10.1080/00970050.1984.10614452","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00970050.1984.10614452","url":null,"abstract":"Investigators interested in conducting school health research face many important challenges. First, an appropriate research course for school health must be charted so the most important research issues are addressed in a systematic way. Second, there is a continuing need to develop scientifically sound research methods that can be used in the school setting. Third, there is the immediate need to identify ways of overcoming the usual problems encountered in the conduct of school health research. This paper focuses on the third challenge, via an analysis of the research design and measurement issues that most frequently confront school health researchers. The research design issues addressed include randomization of experimental units to treatments and selection of the appropriate statistical unit of analysis. The measurement issues addressed included use of existing versus newly developed instruments, use of norm-referenced versus criterion-referenced instruments, use of self-report techniques, and appropriate use of affective instruments. Following an analysis of the issues a series of relevant questions are posed.","PeriodicalId":225843,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of school health","volume":"197 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116475666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marshall W. Kreuter, Gregory M. Christenson, Roy L. Davis
{"title":"School health education research: future issues and challenges.","authors":"Marshall W. Kreuter, Gregory M. Christenson, Roy L. Davis","doi":"10.1111/J.1746-1561.1984.TB09733.X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1746-1561.1984.TB09733.X","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the view that the dissemination of effective school health education constitutes a significant problem that deserves high priority on a national research agenda for school health education. Justification of dissemination is grounded in two presuppositions: (1) that there is a positive correlation between health education and the practice of health-enhancing behaviors and (2) that health education is an appropriate and fundamental task for schools. Two complex sub-problems are discussed. The first is related to the fact that there are no data to help us determine how many children in this country actually receive health information in schools. In addition, there is insufficient evidence to ascertain either the quality or quantity of health information children receive or where in the curriculum the presentation of that information occurs. The second problem pertains to the myriad of complex factors that impede the implementation of health education in schools. These two problems are re-cast into a series of researchable questions.","PeriodicalId":225843,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of school health","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127753374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. E. Cook, C. L. Andringa, K. Hess, L. Kishner, Samuel R. Leavitt, S. Novak, K. Rogers, J. Stackpole, Casper Wiggins
{"title":"Committee on School Health: health education.","authors":"D. E. Cook, C. L. Andringa, K. Hess, L. Kishner, Samuel R. Leavitt, S. Novak, K. Rogers, J. Stackpole, Casper Wiggins","doi":"10.1542/peds.62.1.117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.62.1.117","url":null,"abstract":"The American Academy of Pediatrics believes that it is necessary to reaffirm its support for the concept of school health education, from kindergarten through grade 12, for all schoolchildren in the United States.\u0000 A basic concept of pediatrics is prevention, and health education is a basic element in the delivery of comprehensive health care. The public is continually bombarded by the media about the high cost of medical care and the overutilization and incorrect use of medical facilities. The media also writes about the problems of increasing promiscuity and illegitimacy; the money wasted on quackery; practices that are detrimental to the health of people in the United States; and the lag in the dissemination of new health information and facts to the public. The Committee on School Health believes that community health education programs, of which school health education programs from kindergarten through grade 12 are an integral part, are one of the most viable methods to help alleviate these and similar problems. Therefore, the Committee on School Health makes the following recommendations and urges action for them at state and local levels.\u0000 1. Health education is a basic education subject, and it should be taught as such. Health education is compatible with other traditional subjects and can enhance the contribution that other basic subjects make to general life experience, understanding, and skills.\u0000 2. Planned, integrated programs of comprehensive health education should be required for students from kindergarten through grade 12. Instruction should be given by teachers qualified to teach health education.","PeriodicalId":225843,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of school health","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114879679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is a mandated comprehensive health education program a guarantee of successful health education?","authors":"J. Conley, C. Jackson","doi":"10.1111/J.1746-1561.1978.TB03832.X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1746-1561.1978.TB03832.X","url":null,"abstract":"This study evaluated the health knowledge of a selected population of 12th grade students. A random selection of 30% of the total senior population from 7 public high schools was obtained. The Kilander-Leach Health Knowledge test was used. An analysis of variance was performed by sex and by health area. The FLSD multiple range test was utilized where significance was found among groups. The findings revealed that students' health knowledge was weak; moderate strength was indicated in the area of chronic disease; no significant differences were observed between males and females on the total test; there was significant differences in health knowledge on the total test among the schools.","PeriodicalId":225843,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of school health","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127112581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Medical emergencies and administration of medication in school.","authors":"","doi":"10.1542/peds.61.1.115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.61.1.115","url":null,"abstract":"Although the occurrence of medical emergencies that are life-and-death matters is quite rare in the school population, certain medical illnesses and injuries do occur while children are in school and require immediate assessment. Since it is unrealistic to expect a school nurse or physician to be immediately available for this assessment, school administrations should develop a set of written policies and procedures to handle these emergencies until such time as a nurse or physician can be contacted or be physically present. Two or more regular members of the school staff, depending on school size, should be designated as the responsible persons to handle the assessment, and one member should be available at all times to give whatever first aid is needed. These persons should be trained in a standard Red Cross course, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or have training as an emergency medical technician. This training should be updated as often as necessary to keep them competent in this area.\u0000 An emergency medical kit should be available in each school and checked regularly by the responsible staff persons who are trained in this area.\u0000 A detailed account of medical emergencies in school, including a list of equipment necessary for an emergency medical kit and how to classify medical emergencies and their treatment, is contained in chapter 18 of the school health manual of the American Academy of Pediatrics.1\u0000 The emergencies related to participation in athletics should be handled by a member of the athletic staff. Chapter 15 of the school health manual details procedures for management of athletic injuries.1","PeriodicalId":225843,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of school health","volume":"107 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114227378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Results of school screening for scoliosis in the San Juan Unified School District, Sacramento, California.","authors":"V. K. Harlin, K. D. Benson, B. Wade, D. Benson","doi":"10.1097/00006199-197803000-00043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/00006199-197803000-00043","url":null,"abstract":"Annual routine school examination for scoliosis has been established in the San Juan Unified School District. Additionally, several parochial schools and other schools in the county or nearby towns have expressed interest in such a program. A rapid, effective method, taking no more than 30 seconds per child, has been used to detect spinal curvature. The program is beneficial for those identified with scoliosis, because early detection, followed by proper treatment, can prevent major surgery. The need for careful school nurse follow-up must be emphasized. A standing x-ray and evaluation by a qualified physician are imperative. If scoliosis is diagnosed, the school nurse can be a very effective contact in assisting the students by discussing exercise or brace care and by providing encouragement and general supportive help.","PeriodicalId":225843,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of school health","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1977-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121836518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comprehensive school health education.","authors":"Charles G. Fast","doi":"10.1080/00366579.1972.10628826","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00366579.1972.10628826","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":225843,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of school health","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1972-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124365916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring the possibilities of computerized student health records.","authors":"R. G. Stennett, D. M. Cram, D. Gibson, K. Dukacz","doi":"10.1097/00006199-197109000-00050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/00006199-197109000-00050","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":225843,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of school health","volume":"140 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1971-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130767069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}