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LGBTQ Student Health: A Mixed-Methods Study of Unmet Needs in Massachusetts Schools
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Sava, Lauren M.; Earnshaw, Valerie A.; Menino, David D.; Perrotti, Jeff; Reisner, Sari L. – Journal of School Health, 2021
Background: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer and questioning (LGBTQ) youth experience poor physical and mental health outcomes relative to their non-LGBTQ peers. School health professionals (SHPs), such as school nurses, play a key role in addressing LGBTQ student health needs. However, few studies examine school health needs of…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Student Needs, Health Needs, School Health Services
The Cheer Study to Reduce BMI in Elementary School Students: A School-Based, Parent-Directed Study in Framingham, Massachusetts
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Resnick, Elissa A.; Bishop, Marilyn; O'Connell, Anne; Hugo, Beverly; Isern, Germinal; Timm, Alison; Ozonoff, Al; Geller, Alan C. – Journal of School Nursing, 2009
Childhood obesity may be lessened by parent-focused interventions. A pilot parent-directed trial with 46 parents of overweight and obese elementary school students was conducted at two ethnically diverse public schools in Framingham, Massachusetts. Parents were randomly assigned to either the Materials Group, which received mailed educational…
Descriptors: Child Health, Parent Education, Parent Role, Program Effectiveness
The Visiting Specialist Model of Rural Health Care Delivery: A Survey in Massachusetts
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Drew, Jacob; Cashman, Suzanne B.; Savageau, Judith A.; Stenger, Joseph – Journal of Rural Health, 2006
Context: Hospitals in rural communities may seek to increase specialty care access by establishing clinics staffed by visiting specialists. Purpose: To examine the visiting specialist care delivery model in Massachusetts, including reasons specialists develop secondary rural practices and distances they travel, as well as their degree of…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Clinics, Models, Health Services
A Community-Based Initiative to Reduce Children's Exposure to Toxics in Household Products
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Blackman, Anne Berlin; Luskin, Jack – Health Education, 2006
Purpose--The purpose of this paper is to explore the efficacy of a community-based outreach initiative, piloted in Worcester, Massachusetts, to reduce children's exposure to toxic chemicals in common household products by changing parental behavior regarding product purchase and use. Design/methodology/approach--The program model was based on the…
Descriptors: Hazardous Materials, Child Health, Health Programs, Program Effectiveness
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Scott, Michael – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2006
Efforts to expand diversity in the health professions has received a boost from a prominent member of Congress. U.S. Senator Bill Frist, R-Tennessee, recently introduced a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act as part of a comprehensive initiative to improve the health of minority and other underserved populations. This bill, which is being…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Services, Employment Opportunities, Public Health
A Statewide Institute to Deliver Professional Development Programs to School Health Personnel in Massachusetts.
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Piessens, Patricia Wing; And Others – Journal of School Health, 1995
The University of Massachusetts Simmons School Health Institute delivers a series of professional development programs across Massachusetts to improve statewide delivery of comprehensive school health programs to children and adolescents. The programs emphasize student risk assessment, health program design and management, and school-based clinic…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Comprehensive Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Personnel