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Best, Nakia C.; Nichols, Ann O.; Oppewal, Sonda; Pierre-Louis, Bosny; Waller, Anna E.; Zomorodi, Meg; Travers, Debbie – Journal of School Nursing, 2021
School nurses are instrumental in delivering health services to children in schools. This study addresses the gap in school nurse health services data, examining patterns in health services and programs provided by school nurses between 2006 and 2016 for students in North Carolina public schools. This study focused on services and programs related…
Descriptors: School Nurses, School Health Services, Public Schools, Diseases
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Simon, Peter; Egele, Viktoria S.; Stark, Robin – Health Education Journal, 2022
Objectives: Schools that have partnerships with health services have shown improvements in attendance and academic performance. This study examined the effects of intersectoral educational training (IET) between the health and education sectors on students' learning outcomes, emotional experiences and subjective task values. Design: In this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Health Education, Partnerships in Education
Jennifer C. Smith-Grant; Nancy D. Brener; Adriana Rico; J. Michael Underwood; Barbara Queen – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2022
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention established School Health Profiles (Profiles) in 1996 to monitor school health policies and practices in secondary schools in states and school districts across the United States. Profiles is a system of surveys conducted biennially in even-numbered years and provides data on the following topics:…
Descriptors: Public Health, School Policy, Health Education, Physical Education
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Rouse, Heather; Goudie, Anthony; Rettiganti, Mallik; Leath, Katherine; Riser, Quentin; Thompson, Joseph – Journal of School Health, 2019
Background: We examined prevalence, incidence, and trajectory of obesity from kindergarten through grade 8 in one of the first states to implement annual surveillance. Methods: Participants included 16,414 children enrolled in kindergarten in Arkansas in 2004 with complete body mass index (BMI) measurements in kindergarten and eighth grade.…
Descriptors: Incidence, Longitudinal Studies, Obesity, Kindergarten
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Rhodes, Darson L.; Jozkowski, Kristen N.; Hammig, Bart J.; Ogletree, Roberta J.; Fogarty, Erin C. – Health Education Journal, 2014
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine if education about human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/sexually transmitted disease (STD) and pregnancy prevention is dependent on professional preparation and/or class structure. Design: A secondary data analysis of the 2006 School Health Policies and Programmes Study (SHPPS) was conducted.…
Descriptors: Health Education, Pregnancy, Prevention, School Health Services
West Virginia Department of Education Office of Research, Accountability, and Data Governance, 2015
The School Health Profiles (Profiles) is a system of surveys assessing school health policies and practices in states, large urban school districts, and territories. Profiles surveys are conducted biennially by education and health agencies among middle and high school principals and lead health education teachers. Profiles monitors the current…
Descriptors: School Policy, Surveys, Profiles, Middle Schools