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This article outlines the rationale, evidence base and development of a new anti-violence intervention for schools delivered in the school setting by healthcare professionals. It is an example of multi-professional and mutli-disciplinary working and demonstrates how all healthcare professionals can...
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PMID: 21137845
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Health-e-Access was well accepted by a substantial, diverse group of parents despite unfamiliarity with this approach to care. Convenience and convenience-related experience dominated perceptions. This model enables service beyond that mandated by payers and beyond that generally provided by medical...
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PMID: 20575720
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There is no single, dominant service model in the UK. The systematic review demonstrated that the evidence base for these services remains limited and uneven, and draws largely on US studies. Qualitative research is needed to develop robust process and outcome indicators for the evaluation of SLSHS/...
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PMID: 20561461
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Poor hygiene practices and inadequate sanitary conditions play major roles in the increased burden of communicable diseases within developing countries. This study evaluated the KAP of hygiene among rural school children in Ethiopia and assessed the extent to which proper knowledge of hygiene was ass...
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PMID: 21155409
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Although asthma management self-efficacy scores declined in middle school among students exposed to the asthma program in elementary school, they remained significantly higher than scores obtained during elementary school prior to the OAS intervention. CONCLUSION: The results indicate that although...
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PMID: 20560833
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A systematic review was conducted to identify and describe school-based prevention and early intervention programs for depression and to evaluate their effectiveness in reducing depressive symptoms. Forty-two randomised controlled trials, relating to 28 individual school-based programs, were identif...
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PMID: 19647310
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Of the 189/1424 children (13.9 %) who were overweight according to the French national cut off for children aged 8-9 years, 67 (33.8 %) were already overweight at 3-4 years and 107 (54.1 %) at 5-6 years. Of the 134 (9.4 %) who were overweight at 5-6 years, 43.3 % were already overweight at 3-4 years...
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PMID: 20347577
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Statistically significant improvements in BMI, blood pressure, and academic scores, among low-income Hispanic and White children in particular, were seen in the intervention versus controls. CONCLUSION: Holistic school-based obesity prevention interventions can improve health outcomes and academic p...
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PMID: 20453379
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The transition from primary to secondary education can be a critical period for those children identified as 'at risk', for whom a poor outcome is associated with significant psychosocial morbidity.The effectiveness of mentoring children has shown positive benefits, but little work has focused on th...
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PMID: 20441097
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Implementation of a coordinated HPS framework on nutrition and diet was positively correlated with schoolteachers' nutrition knowledge and dietary intake....
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PMID: 19656439
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Caseload size continues to be an area of concern for school-based SLPs, and efforts to address this problem must continue in order to prevent long-term struggles with SLPs' dissatisfaction, shortages, and turnover. Policy, research, and clinical implications are discussed....
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PMID: 19755641
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Between 1895 and 1921, most of the major cities in the United States had hired their first speech clinicians. Between 1921 and 1930, many cities expanded their programs and were hiring supervisors to coordinate these services. These early clinicians carved out some now-familiar practices. Comparing...
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PMID: 19755642
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Excellent retention occurred in Study 1 for adolescents and junior males but was poor for junior females and adults. Contributory factors to retention were parental and school support for minors and other health factors for adults. Respiratory function improved in males and both males and females re...
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PMID: 20406151
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During the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic in the United States, most cities responded by implementing community mitigation strategies, such as school closure. However, three cities--New York City, Chicago, and New Haven, Connecticut--diverged from the dominant pattern by keeping their public schools o...
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PMID: 20568692
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High prevalence of poverty diseases such as diarrhoea, respiratory tract infection, parasitic infections and dental caries among children in the developing world calls for a return to primary health care principles with a focus on prevention. The 'Fit for School' program in the Philippines is based...
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PMID: 20476713
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The intervention increased use of hats among fourth-grade students at school but had no effect on self-reported wide-brimmed hat use outside of school or on measures of skin pigmentation....
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PMID: 20332388
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One of the important research issues in the emerging area of research on dissemination of prevention programs relates to the type and extent of training needed by program providers to prepare them to implement effective programs with fidelity. The present paper describes the immediate outcomes of a...
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PMID: 19757052
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It involves the historical birth of school health in the world and Brazil. It shows a regional initiative of Health Promoting Schools--a discourse of multiple viewings and joint work among education, health and society--, as an alternative model of attention to school health, recommended by Pan Amer...
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PMID: 20414606
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The Joint Task Force of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology; the American Academy of Pediatrics; and the National Association of School Nurses all recommend emergency action plans (EAPs) that direct therapy of allergic rea...
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PMID: 20406595
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One hundred and fifty-seven questionnaires were posted out to 41 secondary schools (students aged 11-18 years) and to 116 primary schools (students aged four to 11 years). One hundred and twelve completed questionnaires were returned, 32 from secondary schools and 80 from primary schools. Most schoo...
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PMID: 19930778
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New guidance recommends annual influenza vaccination for all children 5-18 years of age in the United States. During 2007-2008, Hawaii offered inactivated and live attenuated influenza vaccine at school-located clinics for grades kindergarten through 8. Most (90%) public and private schools particip...
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PMID: 20113554
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Current family studies indicate that AIS is a polygenic disorder with multiple patterns of inheritance. Genetic markers have been identified that are related to AIS curve progression to a severity in which surgery is often performed (under review 2009). These genetic markers have been validated in w...
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PMID: 19949338
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Interventions are needed to reduce the high overweight prevalence noted among boys in early high school. Because decreased physical activity (PA) is a factor for weight gain and a decline in boys' PA occurs across the middle school years, a need exists to intervene, as soon as boys reach middle scho...
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PMID: 19850952
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Latino girls (Latinas) experience disproportionate rates of emotional distress, including suicidal ideation, which may be indicative of inadequate coping abilities. Prevention of mental health problems, a U.S. public health priority, is particularly critical for Latina adolescents due to lack of acc...
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PMID: 19850950
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In 2007, a preventive strategy for childhood obesity, that included food education and an increase in physical activity, was implemented in seven public schools located in Santiago. In four of these schools, a counseling program about healthy lifestyles for teachers was also carried out. Aim: To tes...
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PMID: 20461306
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This paper explores the question of whether school drug testing is an effective solution to tackle adolescent substance abuse problems. Research studies in major academic databases and Internet websites are reviewed. Several observations are highlighted from the review: (1) there are few research st...
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PMID: 20209380
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Improving the health of school-aged children can yield substantial benefits for cognitive development and educational achievement. However, there is limited experimental evidence on the benefits of school-based malaria prevention or how health interventions interact with other efforts to improve edu...
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PMID: 20929566
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This article describes the process of facilitating change to practice that is more client-centered and occupation-based in a diverse suburban public school district in the USA from 2001 to 2006. The author sets the context, describes the process that included the use of the School AMPS, and consider...
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PMID: 20170413
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Promoting nutrition and physical activity within the school environment may be a promising approach for enhancing both student health and educational outcomes....
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PMID: 19454125
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Mental Health First Aid training has positive effects on teachers' mental health knowledge, attitudes, confidence and some aspects of their behaviour. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ACTRN12608000561381....
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PMID: 20576158
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We compared the progress made by school children in speech language therapy provided through videoconferencing and conventional face-to-face speech language therapy. The children were treated in two groups. In the first group, 17 children received telemedicine treatment for 4 months, and then subseq...
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PMID: 20197354
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Recent empirical research has found that children's noncognitive skills play a critical role in their own success, young children's behavioral and psychological disorders can severely harm their future outcomes, and disruptive students harm the behavior and learning of their classmates. Yet relative...
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PMID: 20964104
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No significant family environmental predictors of program-induced changes in either fruit or snack intake were found. CONCLUSION: A limitation of the study was that all data were self-reported. No evidence was found that there were subgroups of adolescents who profited less from the program because...
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PMID: 20073384
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Qualitative and quantitative data were highly positive about the usefulness of the collaborative. The collaboratives' duration, peer learning, multilevel staff involvement, focus on creating a supportive organization, and regular coaching support enabled many respondents to make program and policy c...
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PMID: 20073386
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The intervention resulted in increased F&V consumption, with more pronounced and enduring effects for fruits than vegetables....
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PMID: 19439567
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Comprehensive school health (CSH) is embraced internationally as the most effective way of promoting the health of students and the school community. It is a framework for supporting improvements in students' educational outcomes while addressing their well-being in a planned, holistic way. While ma...
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PMID: 21133197
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Rates of child and youth obesity and associated chronic diseases are rising worldwide, in part as a result of inadequate physical activity (PA) levels. Environmental change is needed in multiple settings to encourage the adoption of healthy lifestyle behaviours at an early age. Schools are an ideal...
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PMID: 21137137
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The observed poor adherence to dietary guidelines is in contrast with their relatively well-known content. Emphasis in psychosocial factors that enhance motivation and self-reliance on dietary counselling could improve the situation. In Finland, three new counselling methods have recently become ava...
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PMID: 20681352
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