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Samargia, Luzette A.; Saewyc, Elizabeth M.; Elliott, Barbara A. – Journal of School Nursing, 2006
Adolescents forego mental health care in spite of self-perceived needs for services; this presents a significant public health problem. Using data from the 2001 Adolescent Health Care Access Survey of 16-year-olds in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, we assessed barriers to mental health care among the 878 respondents who reported ever needing…
Descriptors: Females, Public Health, Mental Health, Adolescents
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Moyers, Pamela; Bugle, Linda; Jackson, Elaine – Journal of School Nursing, 2005
Obesity is epidemic in the nation's school-age population with African American and Hispanic children and adolescents specifically at risk. School nurses at elementary and middle public schools in the Missouri 8th Congressional District were surveyed regarding their perceptions of childhood obesity. School nurses supported preventive interventions…
Descriptors: Obesity, School Nurses, Child Health, Body Composition