Background: The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted routine school operations, including school health programs. This study aims to describe the pandemic's impact on school health service delivery from the perspective of Maryland school health partners. Methods: We conducted semi-structured interviews with health service representatives from public…

A summary is given of the six phases of a curriculum project, which involves the planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of a comprehensive health education curriculum for Maryland, now in its final phase of successful operation. (SK)

Discusses how to decide who should know about HIV-infected students, presenting national guidelines for helping make the decision. Suggestions for actual policy implementation focus on developing a plan for decisions, determining who else needs information, and deciding what to do when parents and schools disagree on who should know. (SM)

Researchers examined willingness to use a school-based health center's (SBHC) primary care services. Rural 7th through 12th graders completed a survey. Results indicated that, although most were initially unwilling to change their primary care site to an SBHC, many were willing to use a variety of the offered services. (SM)

This paper examines nine school-based peer mediation and conflict resolution projects supported by four state health departments, describing differences in targeted students, project consultants, teacher and student training, teaching methods, curriculum content, mediation format, complementary strategies, project cost, and project evaluation. (SM)