{"title":"National Association of School Nurses (NASN) Position Statement: Gender and Sexual Diversity Support in Schools.","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/10598405251360760","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10598405251360760","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50058,"journal":{"name":"Journal of School Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"646-648"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144700221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"National Association of School Nurses (NASN) Position Statement: Head Lice (Pediculosis Capitis) Management in Schools.","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/10598405251360798","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10598405251360798","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50058,"journal":{"name":"Journal of School Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"650-651"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144709715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jiyoung Park, Gill Ten Hoor, Seohyun Won, Gahui Hwang, Sein Hwang, Siew Tiang Lau
{"title":"Implementation of a Childcare-Based Obesity Prevention Program for Vulnerable Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for School Nurses.","authors":"Jiyoung Park, Gill Ten Hoor, Seohyun Won, Gahui Hwang, Sein Hwang, Siew Tiang Lau","doi":"10.1177/10598405241228448","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10598405241228448","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>COVID-19 brought significant changes to the role of school nurses, necessitating the development of remote health education programs. However, there is a lack of evidence and pedagogical lessons for digitally transforming education for socially vulnerable children. This qualitative study analyzes the health educational needs and barriers faced by children and service providers in a childcare-based obesity prevention program during the pandemic in South Korea. Through a thematic content analysis, four core themes emerged: (a) heightened concerns about obesity and the pandemic's impact on facilities, (b) unexpected positive outcomes of the program, (c) digital readiness gaps, and (d) insufficient program satisfaction (better than nothing). When designing a digital-based health education program for vulnerable children, assessing individual readiness and facility suitability is crucial. Additionally, school nurses should incorporate hybrid pedagogy, integrating technology-mediated activities. By leveraging technology effectively and considering individual and environmental factors, educators can provide comprehensive and accessible health education.</p>","PeriodicalId":50058,"journal":{"name":"Journal of School Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"579-592"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139906768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Momentum and Alignment: Strategic Synergy between the National Association of School Nurses Research Priorities and National Research Directions.","authors":"Mayumi A Willgerodt","doi":"10.1177/10598405251363282","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10598405251363282","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50058,"journal":{"name":"Journal of School Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"533-534"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144762116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniel Shattuck, Mary M Ramos, Bonnie O Richard, Janie Lee Hall, Rhonda Sparks, Cathleen E Willging
{"title":"School Nurse Leadership and the Implementation of School-Based Support for LGBTQ+ Students.","authors":"Daniel Shattuck, Mary M Ramos, Bonnie O Richard, Janie Lee Hall, Rhonda Sparks, Cathleen E Willging","doi":"10.1177/10598405241265706","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10598405241265706","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 2021, the National Association of School Nurses published an updated position statement affirming the unique position of school nurses to support the health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) students who are faced with a variety of health disparities rooted in experiences of stigma, discrimination, and bias. The 5-year cluster randomized controlled trial \"Reducing LGBTQ+ Adolescent Suicide\" leveraged school nurses as leaders to facilitate the uptake of six evidence-informed, LGBTQ-supportive practices in New Mexico high schools. We analyzed 5 years of interview data from 24 school nurses in 13 intervention schools to examine what factors impacted their ability to serve as an effective leader for this initiative. Several factors including job characteristics, leadership and organizational skills, relationships and reputation, and personal commitments emerged from analysis. Contextual factors, such as working in urban or rural school, and the size of the school also influenced nurses' leadership.</p>","PeriodicalId":50058,"journal":{"name":"Journal of School Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"615-624"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11754527/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141753240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mary Curnutte, Seyed Karimi, Juliana Cohen, Dani LePreze, Bert Little
{"title":"Competitive Food Policy and Food Behavior and Health Metrics in K-12 Students: A Scoping Review.","authors":"Mary Curnutte, Seyed Karimi, Juliana Cohen, Dani LePreze, Bert Little","doi":"10.1177/10598405251374728","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10598405251374728","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>School meals provide nearly half of children's daily calories, making them critical to childhood health. School food policies aim to improve student health by shaping the school food environment. While this environmental influence is known, the impact of these policies, especially following the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, has not recently been synthesized. This review searched PubMed, EMBASE, ERIC, and Cochrane databases, identifying 28 studies assessing school food policy on student health. Of these, 23 found positive health effects from competitive food policies, and 5 found mixed positive and neutral effects. No studies reported negative impacts. These findings suggest that competitive food policies are an effective and equitable strategy for improving health that school nurses can support. This review synthesizes the current evidence on competitive food policy to establish baseline evidence for the function of such policies to promote population health and find areas where further research would be useful.</p>","PeriodicalId":50058,"journal":{"name":"Journal of School Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"10598405251374728"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145082200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
India D Rose, Chris Smith, Alyssa Contreras, Caroline Mah, Natasha Ruiz-Villar
{"title":"Outcomes of a Needs Assessment: Informing the Development of an Infection Prevention and Control Toolkit for Missouri Schools.","authors":"India D Rose, Chris Smith, Alyssa Contreras, Caroline Mah, Natasha Ruiz-Villar","doi":"10.1177/10598405251376419","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10598405251376419","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Effective infection prevention and control (IPC) in schools is vital for student and staff health, yet current resources often fall short, exhibiting a narrow focus, overemphasis on COVID-19, and fragmented implementation, excluding school nurses. This manuscript details a comprehensive needs assessment conducted with Missouri school staff and subject matter experts. Through existing data review, listening sessions, and interviews, the assessment identified critical gaps in IPC training, preferred delivery methods (e.g., self-paced online modules and multimodal formats), and distinct resource needs for various school audiences (e.g., administrators, teachers, students, parents, facilities, food services, transportation, and athletics). Findings highlight the necessity of tailored, accessible, and consistently messaged IPC resources, emphasizing the crucial, yet often underutilized, central role of school nurses. This needs assessment informed the development of a responsive IPC Toolkit for Missouri Schools, aiming to bridge existing gaps and enhance school-based IPC.</p>","PeriodicalId":50058,"journal":{"name":"Journal of School Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"10598405251376419"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145076434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Parental Perceptions of Safe and Effective School-Based Diabetes Management: A Qualitative Study.","authors":"Kristiana G H Cullum, Lauren Wren","doi":"10.1177/10598405251376579","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10598405251376579","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Type 1 diabetes (T1DM) is a disease that impacts daily life and requires individualized management while at school. The purpose of this study was to explore parents' perceptions and feelings surrounding facilitators and barriers to health safety of their child with T1DM in schools and parent driven factors to overcome them. Using a qualitative approach, parents (<i>N</i> = 12) of children with T1DM who attend school outside the home were interviewed in 2019 and data was analyzed through content analysis. Five themes emerged from the study: (1) pre-school preparation, (2) parents as educators, (3) longing for normalcy, (4) communication facilitating perceptions of safety, and (5) policies and technology: the tortoise and the hare. Parents exhibited a multitude of emotions including, gratitude, frustration, and disappointment, but, overall, felt their children were safe at school due to parent-instituted practices. Continued policy development is needed for standards surrounding ongoing communication avenues for parents and incorporating technology.</p>","PeriodicalId":50058,"journal":{"name":"Journal of School Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"10598405251376579"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145055425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How School Nurses Perceive Their Role in Addressing Student Mental Health Concerns.","authors":"Andrea L Tanner, Claire Burke Draucker","doi":"10.1177/10598405251376417","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10598405251376417","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To provide foundational information for the development of a training program to prepare school nurses to deliver a mental health focused SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral to Treatment) approach, this study aimed to describe how school nurses perceive their role in addressing student mental health concerns and determine if these perceptions align with the components of SBIRT. We used content analysis to summarize open-ended survey responses of 38 school nurses to the question \"What role do school nurses play in addressing student mental health?\" Findings revealed 19 responses aligned with at least one component of SBIRT, one aligned with all three, and 30 focused mainly on forming trusting relationships with students. We conclude school nurses do not implement SBIRT in a systematic way but view its components as consistent with their role.</p>","PeriodicalId":50058,"journal":{"name":"Journal of School Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"10598405251376417"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145031038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jeff R Temple, Elizabeth Baumler, Christian Paige Owen, Leila Wood
{"title":"Drills or Distress? Understanding the Psychological Effects of Active Shooter Drills on Adolescents.","authors":"Jeff R Temple, Elizabeth Baumler, Christian Paige Owen, Leila Wood","doi":"10.1177/10598405251369548","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10598405251369548","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background:</b> We sought to better understand the impact of exposure to active shooter drills (ASDs) on students' perceived stress, including those with disabilities and prior experiences with trauma. <b>Methods:</b> We used data from a longitudinal study of ethnically diverse students (n = 2,033; 53.5% female) originally recruited in 2018 and followed annually thereafter. In addition to self-reporting on their perceived stress with ASDs, participants responded to questions about adverse childhood experiences, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and disability. <b>Results:</b> Female students and those with a disability, probable anxiety, and suicidal ideation were more likely to be anxious after an ASD. <b>Conclusion:</b> While necessary given the increasing reality of school shootings in the United States, our results indicate that active shooter drills should be implemented with concern for vulnerable groups, including distressed students and those with a history of traumatic experiences or who have a disability.</p>","PeriodicalId":50058,"journal":{"name":"Journal of School Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"10598405251369548"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145016606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}