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Beyond Co-Location: Development of a School Health Integration Measure
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Ferenchak, Kenny S.; Trieu, Sang Leng; Franco, Rosina; Jackson, Nicholas J.; Dudovitz, Rebecca – Journal of School Health, 2021
Background: School-based health centers (SBHCs) can integrate health and educational services to achieve common goals of student wellness and success. As no method exists to quantify the degree of integration for clinics and partner schools, this study aimed to design such a measure. Methods: Measure items were drafted from the literature. Eleven…
Descriptors: School Health Services, Integrated Services, Clinics, Measurement
Medical and Cancer-STEM Education in Audiology, Gastroenterology, and Osteology/Orthopedics for Underrepresented Elementary School Students
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Katlyne Stiles; Surbhi Bansil; Brittany Acevedo; W. Martin Kast; Dieuwertje J. Kast – Connected Science Learning, 2024
The goal of the University of Southern California (USC) WonderKids Program is to expose students to numerous Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) careers in an after-school setting. Elementary school students explore STEM fields with hands-on curricula and guest speakers from those fields. In partnership with the USC/Norris…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Cancer, STEM Education, Audiology
Local School Wellness Policy as a Means to Advance Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child: Assessing Alignment in Los Angeles County
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DeFosset, Amelia R.; Sivashanmugam, Megala; Gase, Lauren N.; Lai, Elaine; Tan, Grace; Kuo, Tony – Journal of School Health, 2020
Background: District wellness policies provide an avenue to advance the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model. The extent to which wellness policies currently align with WSCC is unclear; to-date, tools have been unavailable to examine this issue. Methods: We reviewed written health-focused policies among 37 school districts in…
Descriptors: Wellness, Student Welfare, Models, Holistic Approach
"Why Can't We Just Have Sex?": An Analysis of Anonymous Questions about Sex Asked by Ninth Graders
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Pariera, Katrina L.; McCormack, Tiffany A. – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2017
During the high school years, most young people in the United States receive school-based sexuality education, but there is little research on what they want to know about sex and sexuality but may be afraid to ask. This study is a content analysis of anonymous questions about sex (N = 645) asked by ninth-grade students from the greater Los…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Grade 9, High School Students, Questionnaires
Science and Success: Sex Education and Other Programs That Work to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, HIV, and Sexually Transmitted Infections. Second Edition
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Alford, Sue – Advocates for Youth, 2008
Until recently, teen pregnancy and birth rates had declined steadily in the United States in recent years. Despite these declines, the United States has the highest teen birth rate and one of the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among all industrialized nations. To help young people reduce their risk for pregnancy and STIs,…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Sex Education, Adolescents, Early Parenthood
Science and Success: Sex Education and Other Programs That Work to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, HIV, and Sexually Transmitted Infections. Second Edition. Executive Summary
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Alford, Sue – Advocates for Youth, 2008
Until recently, teen pregnancy and birth rates had declined in the United States. Despite these declines, U.S. teen birth and sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates remain among the highest in the industrialized world. Given the need to focus limited prevention resources on effective programs, Advocates for Youth undertook exhaustive reviews…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Sex Education, Adolescents, Early Parenthood