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Direct linkPattison, Krista; Costigan, Heather; Keller, Chelsea; Sekhar, Deepa – Health Education Journal, 2022
Objective: This study investigated the efficacy of a two-component professional development approach to improving school wellness in Pennsylvania secondary schools. Design: Circle of Wellness (CoW), a year-long, two-phase programme, involved providing Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) workshops to Pennsylvania school staff and…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Administrators, School Personnel, Wellness
YoussefAgha, Ahmed H.; Lohrmann, David K.; Jayawardene, Wasantha P. – Journal of School Health, 2013
Background: Health eTools for Schools was developed to assist school nurses with routine entries, including height and weight, on student health records, thus providing a readily accessible data base. Data-mining techniques were applied to this database to determine if clinically signi?cant results could be generated. Methods: Body mass index…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Body Composition, School Nurses, Obesity
Volkman, Julie E.; Hillemeier, Marianne M. – Journal of School Nursing, 2008
This study examined school nurses' communication with community physicians and its relationship to school nurse satisfaction with school health services. A stratified random sample of school nurses in Pennsylvania (N = 615) were surveyed about communication effectiveness with community physicians, satisfaction with school health services for…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Physicians, School Nurses, School Health Services
Terwilliger, Susan H. – Executive Educator, 1996
School-based health clinics fill a growing need for routine health care for children--especially for those with working parents and special circumstances. Traditional school health services cannot handle increasing numbers of disabled, chronically ill, and medically fragile children. Costing about $170,000 yearly, clinics can prevent future…
Descriptors: Child Health, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Services, Intervention
Peer reviewedTerwilliger, Susan H. – Journal of School Health, 1994
Article examines whether school-based health centers (SBHCs) are available, affordable, community based, and culturally acceptable to the public. A literature review and examination of a rural SBHC for young children suggest that SBHCs are culturally acceptable and accessible to children and families. Ten strategies for successful SBHCs are…
Descriptors: Child Health, Cultural Awareness, Early Intervention, Elementary School Students
