Testimony from the 1984 Youth Fitness Hearings explores views on the importance of fitness for children, status of physical fitness levels, and current support for youth fitness programs. Responsibilities for fitness programming and leadership training are examined and recommendations for program improvement offered. (DF)

The National Children and Youth Fitness Study was developed to examine physical fitness of children, describe their physical activity patterns, and identify those activity factors that make children fit. Background, procedures, and issues from the study are explored. (DF)

Various plans, including direct delivery of primary health care in public schools, are being suggested due to concern about the health of this nation's school children. The development of the role of the school in health care is explored. Current trends in school health programs are discussed. (Author/DF)

Using key informant interviews and detailed crisis narratives, points to the importance of community and family supports in enhancing access to quality crisis services, and emphasizes the advantages of community/institution collaboration in the problem solving process. (Author/GC)

Public schools have come under enormous pressure in recent years to demonstrate academic gains and to address deeply rooted disparities among students of different races, ethnic groups, and income levels. Clearly, boosting academic achievement should be a top priority. Less evident, however, is the long-term effect of supporting this goal by…

Twelve percent of all children enrolled in commercial plans have special health care needs. Almost 40 percent of them have an emotional or behavioral disorder. These conditions are in many ways more limiting than chronic physical conditions, more difficult to diagnose and treat, and can more severely compromise a child's quality of life. For many…

Global hunger is one of the most urgent health and social problems the world faces at the beginning of the new millennium. In a world that produces enough food to feed every human being on the planet, there are still some 830 million people who do not get enough food on a daily basis. About 24,000 people die each day from the effects of hunger;…

Under the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Congress established the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to expand health insurance coverage to uninsured low-income children. This report summarizes the major findings of the first year of a national evaluation of SCHIP. Following a summary of major findings, the report examines state…

Discusses the need for improving environmental services and environmental conditions in penal and correctional institutions. (JR)

Social institutions practice gross discrimination against Indian people in Minnesota--and they do so in the name of equality. Besides ignoring the real social needs of Indians, they often attempt to undermine Indian mores and values. (DM)

The Cleveland Inner City Project has recently developed a nutrition and dietary component in an attempt to combat conditions leading to poor health and related impairments among inner city residents. (DM)

Visits to the health office, described in this survey, were significantly greater among the oldest children, black students, children from families in which mothers had been recently hospitalized for illness, and among those lowest academic achievement. (Author)

The author suggests that the best way to improve a school's medical problem is a willingness on the part of both parent and school personnel to regularly assess these problems and offer solutions for their improvement. (BY)