School psychologists are increasingly expected to become more involved in health related issues. It has been suggested that the frequent visitor to the school nurse (FVSN) is often the student with a high need for security, nurturance, and attachment to an adult at school. This paper focuses on children and adolescents who do not have a chronic…

The AccessMichigan Electronic Community Health Information Initiative (AMECHII) is a response to a recommendation of the Michigan Information Technology Commission Report recommending improved access to high-quality health care information for all Michigan stakeholders. This project is multi-type, including public, general academic, academic…

These guidelines are the product of a new Pediatric Asthma Initiative aimed at integrating environmental management of asthma into pediatric health care. This document outlines competencies in environmental health relevant to pediatric asthma that should be mastered by primary health care providers, and outlines the environmental interventions…

Mental health services continue to gain additional focus and momentum in the United States. The President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health recognized the critical role schools can play in the continuum of mental health services. The commission's final report, "Achieving the Promise, Transforming Mental Health Care in America…

This article discusses the importance of providing vision screening services to students who are difficult-to-test and describes strategies for providing such services. Included in the discussion is an overview of various instruments that may be used to test visual acuity, including the Parsons Visual. (Authors/JMK)

A quality-assessment study was conducted at a university mental health service to review diagnostic practices, using the third edition of the American Psychiatric Association's "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders." Diagnostic practices of the staff and problems with student record keeping are discussed.…

Members of the Pacific Coast College Health Association were asked about their policies for evaluating and restricting the attendance of severely disturbed students who will not cooperate with mental health intervention measures. Policies show little conformity; the need for clearer procedures is stressed. (Authors/PP)

Proposes a framework for assessing how human service delivery systems function. Identifies factors that influence the ability of agencies to operate as a unified system. Provides an accurate picture of how services are delivered to target populations, and why various systems function as they do. (Author/JAC)

A study was conducted in Ohio to collect information about the educational backgrounds, job responsibilities, and perceptions of current employees of community health education programs and to project future needs. Implications of the study pertain to college programs that train personnel for this field. (PP)

A study explored attitudes and perceptions that may influence how University of Maryland students utilize dental services. Significant variables included: (1) students' attitudes toward dentists; (2) mother's visits to dentists; (3) dental problems experienced the previous year; (4) dental anxiety; (5) sex; and (6) perceptions of the number and…

A study of the variety of primary care services provided by a 1977 dental school class's graduates in practice showed no correlation with urban or rural location, but the variety of services was predicted by the dentist's position in the practice and his predental school values, dental school aptitudes, and dental school achievement. (Author/MSE)

Examines social factors that lead to the development of learned helplessness in elderly persons in the health care setting, including stereotyping elderly by health care professionals, effects of unequal interpersonal exchange, and behaviors associated with sick and healer roles. Discusses programatic and educational prophylaxis and solutions to…

Due to the changing composition of the student body, college health services are becoming increasingly important and could play an active role in student retention. Realities which need to be faced by college health services include: (1) recession and budget cuts; (2) environmental health and safety activities; and (3) the impact of national…

School health education programs should fulfill five expectations: (1) increase understanding about individual and societal health; (2) increase individuals' decision-making skills about health behaviors; (3) increase individuals' abilities to engage in conducive health behaviors; (4) help individuals in their efforts to change health behavior;…

Reports findings of a recent New Jersey study which indicate that significant gaps still remain between White and minority youth in the areas of health care and education. Statistics are cited on White/non-White differences in illness rates, disciplinary treatment, special education labeling, and expenditure per student. (Author/SJL)