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Hanne M. Kivimäki; Timo P. Ståhl; Katja M. Joronen; Arja H. Rimpelä – Journal of School Nursing, 2024
Engaging parents in school health examinations can promote adolescents' well-being. We examined parents' participation in universal school health examinations in Finland reported by adolescents in school surveys (14 to 16-year-olds, N = 58,232). Further we studied variation between service providers and schools, and student and school-level…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Participation, Physical Examinations, Adolescents
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Harris, Bryn; Plucker, Jonathan – Gifted Child Today, 2014
The United States is becoming more racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse, yet the educational attainment of various student groups has been very uneven. For decades, educators and policymakers have been focused on minimal competencies rather than advanced achievement. Specifically, federal and state education policies have focused on…
Descriptors: School Health Services, Allied Health Personnel, Mental Health, Achievement Gap
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Jones, M. Gail; Rua, Melissa J. – School Science and Mathematics, 2008
This study describes 5th, 8th, and 11th-grade students', teachers', and medical professionals' conceptions of flu and microbial illness. Participants constructed a concept map on "flu" and participated in a semi-structured interview. The results showed that these groups of students, teachers and medical professionals held and structured their…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Grade 5, Grade 8, Grade 11