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Environmental Health at School: New Solutions Put Children First. National Conference (Washington, D.C., June 6-7, 2016)
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de Ribeaux, Mary Beth – Healthy Schools Network, Inc., 2016
The purpose of the National Conference was for attendees to: (1) Review research and policy recommendations and goals identified at the November 2015 "Environmental Health at School: Ignored Too Long" panel and facilitated workshop; (2) Hear about risks and exposures at schools and their impact on children; (3) Understand the Centers for…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Risk, Health Promotion, Child Health
Recommended Community Strategies and Measurements to Prevent Obesity in the United States: Implementation and Measurement Guide
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Keener, Dana; Goodman, Kenneth; Lowry, Amy; Zaro, Susan; Khan, Laura Kettel – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009
America has a serious weight problem. Two-thirds of adults and nearly one-fifth of children in the United States are overweight, placing them at greater risk for heart disease, diabetes, and other chronic diseases including cancer and arthritis. Furthermore, obesity and its related health problems are placing a major strain on the U.S. health care…
Descriptors: Public Health, Body Weight, Obesity, Risk
The Impact of School Enrollment-based Health Insurance on the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
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Romund, Camilla M.; Farmer, Frank L. – Journal of School Health, 2000
Describes the current status of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), examining roles that school enrollment-based health insurance (SEBHI) programs play in three states and summarizing lessons SEBHI programs can offer SCHIP as states work toward full implementation. SEBHI programs are an important model leading to more…
Descriptors: Child Health, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Insurance, Low Income Groups
U.S. Public School Enrollment-Based Health Insurance Initiatives and America's Uninsured.
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Romund, Camilla M.; Farmer, Frank L.; Tilford, John M. – Journal of School Health, 1997
Reviews current literature on school enrollment-based health insurance programs underway or pending in the United States, focusing on initiatives in Florida, New Hampshire, Arkansas, and Texas and discussing programs in several other states. The paper discusses problems with uninsuredness in the United States and examines innovations in child…
Descriptors: Child Health, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, Health Insurance
Improved Maternal and Child Health Care Access in a Rural Community.
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Carcillo, Joseph A.; And Others – Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 1995
Describes an underserved rural community in which health care initiatives increased access to comprehensive care. Over a 3-year period, increased accessibility to maternal and child health care also increased use of preventive services, thus decreasing emergency room visits and hospitalizations as well as low birth weight, risk of congenital…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Birth Weight, Child Health, Communicable Diseases
Sex, Kids, and Politics. Health Services in Schools.
Emihovich, Catherine; Herrington, Carolyn D. – 1997
This book examines practical, cultural, and political implications of placing health service programs in public schools, detailing three cases of Florida school districts, where a controversial statewide initiative for health services in schools recently went into effect. The plan supports programs to promote the health of medically underserved…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Health, Early Parenthood, Elementary School Students