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Medical Society working to improve health of schoolchildren  -  25 Mar 2008
Charleston Post Courier,Many tremendous improvements have already been made in our schools including: --Coordinated School Health Advisory Council: A large group of school nurses,

Health and Wellness Fair scheduled  -  25 Mar 2008
Forrest City Times-Herald,The event will be hosted by the Coordinated School Health Program of the Forrest City School District. The health fair is open to school district staff,

Board to vote on PE proposal  -  25 Mar 2008
Sioux Falls Argus Leader,She finished at Lincoln in 2005 before Sioux Falls mandated high school health. At that time, students in grades 9-12 had no required teaching on diet,

Healthy Food Translates to Brain Food in Children  -  25 Mar 2008
MedHeadlines,Healthy food can also be considered brain food, according to a new study in the Journal of School Health. The study found that children that eat healthy

Watch Your Mouth: Michigan Association of Endodontists Offers Four ...  -  25 Mar 2008
PR Newswire (press release),School health classes and assemblies often focus on healthy dental habits as well. We learn early on that no matter what your age, dental health should be a

Longest. Spring Break. Ever.  -  25 Mar 2008
KUAM.com,And it's been quite the eventful last 11 days for GPSS, as the school was unexpectedly inspected by the Attorney General's School Health and Safety Task

Are you overweight…or do you have metabolic syndrome?  -  25 Mar 2008
Gather.com,...by Suzanne Koven, MD, Harvard Medical School Believe it or not, the brief exposure to nutrition I received in medical school in the early 1980s focused

Pittsford expects BOCES cuts  -  25 Mar 2008
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle,Before Friday's court decision, Pittsford officials said some proposed cuts included decreasing the district's high school health class requirement from two

Kids with healthier diets, better grades  -  25 Mar 2008
United Press InternationalThe study, published in the April issue of the Journal of School Health, found that students with an increased fruit and vegetable intake and less caloric

Valuable lessons  -  25 Mar 2008
International Falls Daily Journal,Cook, in clear manner learned in the Falls High School health class, signaled his need for emergency help from his friends. Kantor recognized Cook's signals

School health center keeps kids in class  -  Mar 21, 2008
New Brunswick Home News Tribune,It is thought to be the only district-financed school health center in the state. "We've done what we've done because we recognized a problem,

Water testing, school nurses could face cuts  -  Mar 23, 2008
Annapolis Capital,She'll have to cut from the only areas where she has local discretion - from environmental health and school health programs.

School district hosts health fair  -  Mar 21, 2008
Richmond Register,Along with a fall Pumpkin Run, the health fair is the biggest event the district coordinated school health committee conducts annually.

Teens & STDs: A new approach to sexual education  -  Mar 22, 2008
Journal Gazette and Times-Courier,Sex education is part of the curriculum in health classes for sophomores at Charleston High School. Health teacher Jody Smith said the program covers STDs

Children With Healthier Diets Do Better In School, Study Suggests  -  Mar 20, 2008
Science Daily (press release)20, 2008) — A new study in the Journal of School Health reveals that children with healthy diets perform better in school than children with unhealthy diets

Health Fair points children toward good habits  -  Mar 20, 2008
Moorpark Acorn,Students who attend the Moorpark High School Health Science Academy helped with the event. "Being healthy is eating right and exercising," said Danielle

Budget Cuts May Hurt School's Health  -  Mar 19, 2008
AM850,Could you imagine a school with no nurses? Neither can Alachua County. Although the topic of the possibly removing school nurses was not on the agenda,

School is in good health  -  Mar 18, 2008
Bridlington Today,Deborah Simpkin is the school's health co-ordinator and partly responsible for overseeing the various activities and schemes designed to improve the

NCHD kicks off ‘school health programme’  -  Mar 18, 2008
The Post,SHEIKHUPURA: The National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) Sheikhupura Tuesday kicked off its 'School Health Programme' from government primary

Health on Track March 21 at Lake Gibson  -  Mar 20, 2008
The Ledger,The school's health-science department is sponsoring a health fair from 12:45-3 pm Friday (March 21) at the track. It's for students and school personnel

High School Health Workers Equipped to Deal With Students Hurting ...  -  Mar 17, 2008
Scoop.co.nz,A New Zealand first pilot scheme developed to support school based health teams deal with the problem has proven successful at three Waikato high schools.

Weighing PE's benefits  -  Mar 23, 2008
Sioux Falls Argus Leader,What both sides generally agree on is that a high school health class is unnecessary. "We learn the same things we learned in seventh- and eighth-grade,"

Risky teen behavior may not occur at home or school: but how to track?  -  Mar 24, 2008
PhysOrg.com,How can researchers track where teens go when not in or near home or school to see if this movement has an impact on health-related behavior such as smoking

Kentucky House Passes School Health Bill  -  Mar 17, 2008
WNKY.net,Family Resource and Youth Services Centers in the state could employ a physician or nurse with help from a state grant program created under a bill passed

Around Town  -  Mar 23, 2008
Southtown Star,Information: (708) 403-4001. health fair Orland Township, in an effort to provide families with a one-stop shop to fulfill school health and immunization

School board mulls health center  -  Mar 13, 2008
Waukegan News Sun,For more information on school-based health centers, visit Illinois Coalition of School Health Centers at www.ilmaternal.org/ICSHC.index.htm .

Washington Elementary proposes school health clinic  -  Mar 13, 2008
Lancaster Newspapers,By BRIAN WALLACE, Staff Children who get sick often miss a lot of school and struggle academically when they make it to class. Parents who work during the

Family: Student who fell ill at San Jose school didn't have prior ...  -  Mar 19, 2008
San Jose Mercury News,He was sent to the school health office, where he collapsed, Bejarano said. School officials called 911 and an ambulance took Jerry to the hospital.

High tobacco use by NE students, teachers  -  Mar 24, 2008
MorungExpress,NEW DELHI, March 23 (Agencies): North-East suffers from high incidence of cancer which is more than the national average, mostly due to smoking habits.

School septic system problem symptom of bigger issue?  -  Mar 21, 2008
WOOD-TV,Back at the elementary school, health officials are monitoring the situation. The ground water tested OK for consumption. The school district's pumping out

Parents express concern over loss of school health assistants  -  Mar 12, 2008
Tallahassee Democrat,Instead of a school health assistant, the district is proposing that other school employees take on their duties if money isn't found to pay them.

School health programme started in 21 states  -  Mar 12, 2008
Thaindian.com,New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Twenty-one states in the country have started School Health Programme to improve the health of children and prevent recurrence of

Sayyidina Hasan Secondary School's Health Awareness Campaign ...  -  Mar 12, 2008
Bru Direct,By Azrol Azmi Bandar Seri Begawan - The Sayyidina Hasan Secondary School recently held a health awareness campaign and a parent-teacher meeting.

Sustaining school health centers  -  Mar 11, 2008
Cincinnati Enquirer,When it comes to student health concerns - from kids who can't see the chalkboard to those who repeatedly miss school because of asthma - schools are caught

Clinics at 5 schools offer free health care  -  Feb 29, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle,Many of the young people in our schools lack health insurance and must rely interchangeably upon school health services and more often emergency room visits

Bill seeks to fine teens for smoking  -  Mar 21, 2008
Waterbury Republican American,...high school students smoke cigarettes, according to the Department of Public Health's 2005 Connecticut School Health Survey, the most recent available.

Parents criticize district on mold  -  Mar 21, 2008
Arizona Republic,The mold at Corona del Sol High was scattered around campus. In the school gym. In a campus preschool restroom. Near drinking fountains.

How to get flu vaccine to school kids en masse  -  Mar 9, 2008
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription),About 250 students and adults got flu shots at schools, said Peck Tierney, the agency's school health coordinator. Now the organization, which provides flu

Educator honored for outstanding work with children  -  Mar 19, 2008
Business Gazette,...receive the best in-school health care by helping to create an advocacy and public awareness network and get state health services policies enacted.

Marshall Islands Youth and Education Higlights  -  Mar 24, 2008
Yokwe,The student members and their teachers of the Jaluit High School Health and Environment Club visited two elementary schools on Jaluit Atoll to give

Fouke Elementary wins grant to aid students’ well-being  -  Mar 21, 2008
Texarkana Gazette,Fouke Elementary School is one of 15 schools to receive a $2000 grant from the Office of Coordinated School Health with the Arkansas Department of Education

Bill calls for school health centers  -  Mar 4, 2008
Daily Free Press (subscription),The legislative effort follows a successful 2006 pilot program headed by the MCSBHC and the state Department of Public Health to set up school health

School Health Advisor - Bow Boys School and Central Foundation ...  -  Mar 3, 2008
Nursing Times,Are you an experienced School Health Professional looking for the opportunity to make an impact on the Health needs of young people in Secondary Schools?

Good health bring award to students  -  Mar 13, 2008
Leamington Spa Today,Sarah Powell is the school's health promotion co-ordinator, and has been the inspiration behind a lot of healthy ideas for pupils. These include setting up

Local schools could lose their school-health assistants  -  Mar 3, 2008
Tallahassee Democrat,By TaMaryn Waters • Democrat Staff Writer • March 3, 2008 A letter went out to all school-health assistants saying Leon County Schools may have to eliminate

OAKLAND: KAISER PROVIDES $3M GRANT FOR SCHOOL HEALTH CENTERS  -  Feb 29, 2008
CBS 5,...and "many of the young people in our schools lack health insurance and must rely upon school health services and emergency room visits for health care.

Flu season winding down in Tri-Cities  -  Mar 21, 2008
Mid Columbia Tri City Herald,Hill and school health workers said some mistake gastrointestinal and respiratory illnesses for the flu. As spring arrives, so do more childhood viruses and

Swampscott school budget would slam health, library  -  Feb 27, 2008
The Daily Item of Lynn,...school librarians, one elementary school health teacher, a part-time elementary band position and a part-time music teacher in the elementary schools.

Providing health care takes some creative steps  -  Mar 8, 2008
Press & Sun-Bulletin,One of the most prevalent problems school nurses see is a lack of dental care, school health care professionals said. And under a recently-passed state law,

Families dash to school's health fair, featuring solid message ...  -  Feb 29, 2008
Spartanburg Herald Journal (subscription),Brian Seay, and 7-year-old Katie Parris during one of the contests Thursday at Carlisle-Foster's Grove Elementary School's health fair.

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