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Understanding Pediatricians' Views toward School-Based BMI Screening in Massachusetts: A Pilot Study
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Direct linkPietras, Stefanie A.; Rhodes, Erinn T.; Meyers, Alan; Goodman, Elizabeth – Journal of School Health, 2012
Background: Massachusetts (MA) mandated body mass index (BMI) screening in schools in 2010. However, little is known about pediatricians' views on school-based screening or how the pediatricians' perspectives might affect the school-based screening process. We assessed MA pediatricians' knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and practices concerning BMI…
Descriptors: Body Composition, Body Weight, Screening Tests, Pediatrics
Download full textDresslar, Fletcher B. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1913
The Fifteenth International Congress on Hygiene and Demography, held in Washington City in the autumn of 1912, was a notable event in the history of sanitation and in the discussion of the conditions of the physical and mental health of the people. The exhibition held in connection with the congress was instructive in many ways, and contained much…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Child Health, Public Health
