Background: Youth mental health rates of depression and anxiety continue to climb. Schools have a role to play to support youth mental health but often struggle to navigate community expectations. Methods: Focus groups (n = 17) were conducted with over 100 participants to understand community perceptions on the role of schools. Results: Three…

Background: Given the amount of time children and adolescents spend in school, these locations may be ideal for simultaneously supporting young people's health and academic achievement. School-based health centers (SBHCs) not only bring care to students in accessible and familiar locations, these centers also provide guidance for young people…

Background: Although rural adolescents use of alcohol is at some of the highest rates nationally, rural adolescent alcohol use has not been studied extensively. This study examines how community attitudes and behaviors are related to adolescent drinking in rural environments. Methods: Data were gathered in 22 rural communities in the Upper Midwest…

The findings of this study on adults' attitudes towards the business of teaching about sex to children are consistent with other data found in previous studies with many other groups of people: Nearly everybody expresses a positive attitude toward the concept of sex education and would send their children to such classes. (Author)

Attitudes toward the concept of death are assessed and compared in relation to sex, age, social position, church attendance, and recency of death experience of family or friends. (JS)

The results of a survey of sex education" programs in Kansas indicate that despite the current controversy over this topic, there are increasing numbers of school districts in the process of initiating, developing or expanding programs of human growth and development, family life and sex education." (Author)

This article discusses the need for educators to use teaching methods that center on the meaning of masculinity and feminity, the concept of love, and the need to prove oneself when discussing venereal diseases. (PD)

A study, conducted to determine attitude distribution among Oklahomans toward sex education and to analyze the relationship of demographic, sociocultural, and attitudinal factors, found 80 percent of the sample favorable toward sex education. Significant variables in data analysis, as well as implications for building community support for sex…

Case studies of four school-based primary care clinic (SBC) sites and one community that disputed SBC-examined organized opposition, how proponents handled opposition, and effects of opposition. Opposition limited SBC services and prevented SBC establishment. To overcome opposition, proponents increased public awareness about youth health issues…

Evaluated the need for school-based health centers in rural New York state. Examination of existing data, community organizational activities, parent telephone surveys, school staff surveys, and focus groups with community members, school staff, and 6th- to 12th-grade students indicated that respondents had varying opinions about school-based…