Over the last decade, California leaders have made tremendous progress on supporting kids in some crucial areas. They have vastly increased the percentage of children enrolled in health insurance and made paid family leave available for most workers. They have also invested in free school meals, committed to universal transitional kindergarten,…

The 2019-20 Pro-Kid Policy Agenda for California is the comprehensive roadmap at the state level to ensure that all children have the necessary supports to reach their full potential. California has an obligation to end systemic injustices that create barriers to kids of color, as well as kids living in poverty and undocumented kids, from growing…

California has long been on the cutting edge of social and political change. This trendsetting continues today on issues from addressing climate change to supporting immigrant communities to ensuring equal rights for all. But, when reviewing the grades of this year's California Children's Report Card, it is difficult not to ask the question: why…

Health care reform efforts in both the Clinton and Obama administrations have attempted to address college and university health. Yet, although the world of health care delivery has almost universally evolved to managed care, school health programs have not. In general, school-sponsored health plans do little to improve access and have adopted…

Lack of progress for improving the lives of kids is unacceptable. All children need stability and a path to opportunity. This is true for nearly half of California's children who live in low-income families, where caregivers struggle to afford the quality support and services they need for their kids. This is also true for the approximately…

As major providers and consumers of health care, higher-education institutions have an important role to play in improving health and the nation's health-care system. Health care is a complex issue for colleges and universities. Not only do institutions of higher education provide health insurance to faculty members, staff members, and students,…

This 1934 paper describes the main goal of the American Association of School Physicians (AASP) as the conservation and betterment of the mental and physical health of students in U.S. schools and colleges, noting various AASP objectives (e.g., better cooperation between school physicians and others working in schools) and explaining how…

This 1960 paper presents plans for the formation of the Research Council of the American School Health Association, providing information on the name, long-term and immediate purposes, organization, nomination procedures, duties of Research Council officers, membership, conduct of business, and amendment of the Council Code. (SM)

This 1934 inaugural address to the American Association of School Physicians proposes four changes in the organization's by- laws, (e.g., each vice-president and Executive Committee members are in charge of a standing committee related to chool health; each working division will contact interested organizations; and each vice-president and…

This 1954 report to the American School Health Association describes the origins of the Association, which had its beginnings in 1926 when physicians began meeting to discuss and present papers on their growing interest in issues related to the health of children within the schools. The original requirements for membership and original officers…

Interdisciplinary training and education for school-based health professionals is important, but few such programs exist. This paper describes the California State University Interprofessional Collaboration Training Project and the Catholic University of America School Nurse Practitioner Program, offering suggestions for expanding…

This issue is dedicated to exploring the nature of health promotion through the views and experiences of selected authors representing a variety of professional organizations, settings, programs, and activities within the profession. The articles are as follows: "Looking Back Over the Last Twenty Years" (Larry S. Chapman); "Views…

The paper advances a number of suggestions for an enhanced research agenda in school health education, examining approaches to health education that work, noting new or enhanced directions that are suggested by current successes, and discussing directions for which there are few available data. (SM)

Metropolitan universities with community service/outreach programs, especially when affiliated with a health sciences center, can use their capacity to develop intern or practicum programs and interdisciplinary approaches to public health to structure case management/follow-up more effectively than many social and public agencies can. This is…

A curriculum for preservice maternal health and public health professionals on children with special health care needs (disabilities and chronic illnesses) and their families is presented. Principles underlying the curriculum are considered, along with guidelines for developing partnerships with families for field placements. The eight core…