Background: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students and teachers have transitioned to online learning. The transition required changes in teaching practices to accommodate for an online learning environment. However, there are no studies characterizing physical educators' and school health experts' perspectives on physical education via distance…

This article describes the efforts of three universities to revise their health education curricula based on the Role Delineation Project Curriculum Framework. The framework is being used to: (1) assess health educators; (2) determine the competence of health majors; and (3) plan and restructure graduate education. (Author/MT)

The author describes the psychological phases of crisis and discusses ways in which health service personnel may help counselors in crisis intervention. The key to crisis intervention is not the nature of the event, but the perceptions of the individual experiencing the event and his ability to cope with it. (MJB)

Other school personnel have significantly different perceptions of the school nurse's role when compared to the perceptions of the nurse herself. (JD)

Findings suggest importance of consideration of child mental health in the learning experiences of school nurses both in prevention and treatment. Indicates need for opportunities to employ mental health in current practices in areas of promotion, prevention and rehabilitation. (Author/CJ)

Survey results suggest that school nurses are a dedicated group of professional people who express enthusiasm about the concept of an expanded role, and seem to have already expanded their traditional role as school and community needs arose which they could accommodate. School nurses envision their expanded role to be that of a dynamic change…

The author describes some physical responses to emotional and psychological stimuli, delineates basic human needs that must be satisfied, and suggests some preventive measures and interventions that the school nurse may initiate. (MJB)

The purpose of this study was to assess the attitudes and feelings of teachers of family life and sex education seeking to determine how they perceive the role of the sex education teacher as it relates to other teaching roles in the educational system. (Author)

The expanding role of the school nurse as a health educator is discussed and encouraged. Problems faced by nurse educators in asserting this role and the cooperative effort needed among educators are outlined. (JMF)

It is suggested here that the identity crisis associated with school psychologists does not constitute a problem or weakness in the profession, but rather promotes a health interchange of ideas. (MM)

The study provided a composite picture of health-related tasks performed in one school district. Nurses were able to evaluate their current practices and recommend specific improvements in nursing actions. Other school districts seeking a profile of their involvement in health-related tasks may request copies of the questionnaire or the entire…

Results of a survey completed by 102 prospective elementary school teachers reveal that, although support is strong for the inclusion of sex education in the school curriculum, most teachers are unwilling to assume an instructional role. (LH)

An expanded role, greater participation, visibility, and publicity would help to obviate the adverse stereotypes of the school nurse and would provide a foundation to address tasks and issues that adolescents and educators find pressing. (CJ)

A study was done to determine how school nurse practitioners apply skills learned in training programs to their daily activities and to provide a greater understanding of their relationship to consulting physicians. Results indicate that the nurses' perceptions provide useful data on time allocation but do not give a good estimate of patient care…