Founded in 1930, the Journal of School Health is published and owned by the American School Health Association. The journal has a circulation of approximately 5,000 readers and provides information on health promotion in school settings. It is a journal published monthly (except in June and July). The Editor of the journal is Morgan R. Pigg, Jr. Kristin McCarthy is the Advertising Coordinator.
A school district's capacity can be defined as its potential ability to sustain itself at a high level of performance, ensuring teachers' ability to teach and students' ability to benefit from the educational process. (1-6) Capacity building has been...
LITERATURE REVIEW As many as 15% of young children attending public school programs such as Head Start exhibit high levels of aggressive or other externalizing behavior. (1) Children with early-onset aggressive behavior are at risk for school failure,...
Obesity among youth is a serious problem confronting families, communities, health care providers, and public health authorities. Over the past 3 decades, the prevalence of obesity has more than tripled for youth aged 6-11 years and more than doubled...
Earn 1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour Earn 1.0 CECH Category I CHES, OH0005 1. Current recommendations for physical activity for children and adolescents call for engaging in a minimum of how many minutes of physical activity on...
LITERATURE REVIEW The prevalence of smoking among adolescents in China has increased dramatically in recent years. The latest National Survey on Risk Factors of Health Behaviors indicated that the overall smoking prevalence declined slightly from...
A random survey of 10,000 public schools completed by the US General Accounting Office in 1994 indicated that one third of schools had at least 1 entire building in need of extensive repair or replacement. (1) The mean among states for inadequate roofs...
In many schools, mental health issues are not ad. dressed until they result in classroom disruption and then are handled on a case-by-case basis. Nondisruptive issues remain unrecognized, sometimes with dire consequences. Furthermore, timely recognition...
INTRODUCTION The United States is in the midst of a childhood obesity epidemic. The most recent National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) showed that the prevalence of overweight (defined as body mass index [BMI] > 95% for age)...
Adolescent suicide is a serious public health issue that has yet to be dealt with in an effective manner. Suicide is the third leading cause of death for adolescents and young adults in the United States. (1,2) It has been estimated that nearly 3 million...
On October 2, 2006, shootings at the West Nickel Mines Amish School resulted in the homicides of 5 female students and the suicide of the adult male perpetrator. This was the 19th violent death incident in Pennsylvania schools since 1992 and the 9th...