It is important that the health education profession does the necessary research, study, and discussion to determine the best possible curriculum for the professional in this field. (JD)

The author believes that professional preparation will be reorganized along more individualized and informal lines through student activities. The responsibility for learning will be placed on the student. (Author)

This study indicated that the higher the priority the school nurse rated an activity, the more likely she was to carry out that function. This study also indicated the need for nursing educators to develop educational programs for school nurses. (Author)

A school nurse who is confronted each day with requests relating to health issues from parents, school staff, and students must have adequate preservice and inservice training. (MM)

The author describes the wide range of goals in today's health programs. Health education has been expanded to include health services and a healthy school environment along with traditional health instruction. The author sees the coordination of the educational potential of these as a complex responsibility of the contemporary health educator.…

This report of the American School Health Association Committee on Professional Preparation and College Health Education presents a synthesis of various other documents, discusses the scope to health education, the functions of health educators, skill and knowledge requirements, and a standardized model for a health education professional…

This cross-sectional, observational pilot study investigated the knowledge, attitudes, and awareness of 132 school counselors regarding students with diabetes. Respondents were primarily white, female, with a masters degree, aged 42 years, and with 10 years of school counseling experience. Most counselors worked at large, public, suburban, and…

School nurses trained as nurse practitioners can help resolve the problems of ready access to and appropriate use of primary care, early detection of medical problems, and efficient use of school staff. This paper describes a project in which Denver's school nurses received training as nurse practitioners, suggesting ways to solve problems in role…

This is a joint statement of the American Nurses Association and the American School Health Association endorsing expansion of the traditional role of school nurses so that they may serve as school nurse practitioners. Such practitioners (upon completion of a course of study outlined in the article) would assume a more direct and responsible…

To promote good personal hygiene practices in students, school health personnel must be informed about dental pit and fissure sealants and related programs. Adoption and maintenance of such programs may depend on the success of school health personnel in educating administrators and policymakers. (SM)

Children with special health care needs pose many challenges for community-based providers. The article describes a system of training community-based providers that includes the care of children with special health care needs, levels of training, and expected competencies for the care providers of such children. (SM)

The School Health Policies and Programs Study includes assessment of school food service at the state, district, and school levels. Questionnaire data indicate that the infrastructure to support school food service programs is well established at all levels, with few questioning the role of food service in child health. (SM)