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School-Community Partnerships in Maine
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Janet C. Fairman; Catharine Biddle; Ming Tso Chien – Center for Education Policy, Applied Research, and Evaluation, 2021
This study examined six diverse school districts in Maine that have successfully formed partnerships between their districts and community or regional organizations to expand supports to students and their families that go beyond academic support to include health, mental health, social services and other supports.
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, School Community Programs, Partnerships in Education, School Districts
Investigating How to Align Schools' Marketing Environments with Federal Standards for Competitive Foods
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Polacsek, Michele; O'Brien, Liam M.; Pratt, Elizabeth; Whatley-Blum, Janet; Adler, Sabrina – Journal of School Health, 2017
Background: Limiting food and beverage marketing to children is a promising approach to influence children's nutrition behavior. School-based marketing influences nutrition behavior and studies have consistently found marketing for nonnutritious foods and beverages in schools. No studies have examined the resources necessary to align school…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Marketing, Student Recruitment, Federal Government
Using Goal Analysis to Drive Improvements in Performance and Outcomes
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Lawlor, David; Spitz, Romy; York, Michaela; Harvey, Brenda – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2013
Economic pressures for public health and human services systems to control budgets are increasing the need for demonstrating value of support services provided to persons with intellectual disabilities. In this article, we build from earlier work that presented a method for assessing goal attainment to expand the study of goal characteristics as a…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Public Health, Health Services, Human Services
Costs of School-Located Influenza Vaccination Clinics in Maine during the 2009-2010 H1N1 Pandemic
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Cho, Bo-Hyun; Asay, Garrett R. Beeler; Lorick, Suchita A.; Tipton, Meredith L.; Dube, Nancy L.; Messonnier, Mark L. – Journal of School Nursing, 2012
This study retrospectively estimated costs for a convenience sample of school-located vaccination (SLV) clinics conducted in Maine during the 2009-2010 influenza season. Surveys were developed to capture the cost of labor including unpaid volunteers as well as supplies and materials used in SLV clinics. Six nurses from different school districts…
Descriptors: Immunization Programs, Labor, Clinics, Costs
Generating Superintendent Support for School Preventive Dental Programs.
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Deatrick, Deborah A.; Sorg, James D. – Journal of School Health, 1982
To determine the acceptability of local school dental health education programs, the Maine Office of Dental Health surveyed and analyzed the beliefs, knowledge, and attitudes of public school superintendents and private school principals. The results of the surveys are to be used to promote adoption and implementation of dental health programs…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Dental Health, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Education
The Specific Competencies of Bachelor Level Community Health Educators as Perceived by Maine Practicing Health Educators.
Sutherland, Mary – 1977
The importance of specific competencies and knowledge areas needed by bachelor level community health educators was examined through a survey of 67 practicing health educators in Maine who were members of public health educator associations. Respondents ranked 99 competencies in order of their perceived importance to professional practice. Results…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Community Health Services, Community Information Services, Education Work Relationship