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Rhiannon Lee White; Jamie Sherson; Carmen Young; Ted Noon – Journal of School Health, 2025
Background: Physical activity is beneficial to physical, social, and emotional well-being, and schools are required to provide opportunities to engage in physical activity. While physical education and school sport have been extensively researched, little is known about the value of informal, unstructured, exercise opportunities. Methods: This…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Females, Secondary School Students, Physical Activities
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Asada, Yuka; Mitric, Svetlana; Chriqui, Jamie F. – Journal of School Health, 2020
Background: Few studies examine why rural public schools have weaker policies and practices related to school nutrition environments compared to their urban counterparts. It is important to understand this disparity because federal school meal standards aim for children to access health-promoting nutrition environments. In this study, we identify…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Rural Schools, Program Implementation, High Schools
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Berger, Emily; Hasking, Penelope; Reupert, Andrea – Journal of School Health, 2015
Background: Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is an increasing and serious concern in schools. The purpose of this study was to determine the suitability of a new policy for responding to NSSI in schools. Methods: Teachers and other school staff, including year level coordinators, psychologists, and counselors, N?=?48, reviewed a policy for…
Descriptors: Injuries, Self Destructive Behavior, School Policy, Focus Groups
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Lasch, Henry A. – Journal of School Health, 1976
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, School Administration, School Health Services, School Policy
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Schell, Norman B. – Journal of School Health, 1973
Review of recent trends in school health services reveals many areas which have become the domain of several specialized disciplines within the schools. Unless the current school physician acquires deeper interest and knowledge in these fields, his influence and value in the school setting will diminish and he may be replaced by other personnel…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Health Personnel, Health Services, Physicians
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Hilmar, Norman A.; McAtee, Patricia A. – Journal of School Health, 1973
When compared with conventional shcool nurses the school nurse practitioners in the Denver Elementary Schools were more sharply focused and specific in their management of pupil's health problems; excluded fewer pupils from school; were more likely to provide clear specific advice to parents of excluded pupils and more likely to have parents of…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Evaluation, Health, Health Personnel
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Bar-Cohen, Annette; And Others – Journal of School Health, 1990
This study identified factors related to the timing of first visits to school-based family planning clinics by 144 female adolescents. Analysis of self-administered questionnaires indicated that school-based clinics provide services which reduce delay time for first-time visits. Students tend to use such services earlier when they are available at…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Contraception, Early Parenthood, Family Planning