Although no cause-effect relationship can be shown, regular drug use seems to predispose one to further drug experimentation and use, while non-use of a particular drug seems to predispose one to non-use of other drugs. (Author/MB)

This position paper of the Subcommittee on Aging, American School Health Association Study Committee on School Health Education, presents a rationale for the inclusion of gerontology in the regular school curriculum. (MB)

This report of the American School Health Association Committee on Professional Preparation and College Health Education presents a synthesis of various other documents, discusses the scope to health education, the functions of health educators, skill and knowledge requirements, and a standardized model for a health education professional…

This article outlines aspects of maltreatment of children by parents or other adults, the ways of identifying symptoms of neglect or abuse, and the school's responsibility in observing and reporting such cases. (JD)

A teacher can be valuable in aiding the recognition of seizure patterns in children and in providing further insight into possible side effects of anticonvulsant therapy, which might occur to the child in the classroom. (JD)

This article presents the results of research to determine the extent to which school nurses see themselves functioning as part of a school health team, problems they perceive in their roles as team members, and if job satisfaction is related to the reported level of team functioning. (JD)

The results of this survey indicate that parents, friends, and other relatives constitute a generalized helping source for personal concerns of Spanish-speaking youth; community agents and schools are sources of help when they are viewed as having special expertise by virtue of their training and positions. (JD)

If factual information is given, if the method is easily accessible and acceptable, and if they have come to terms with their own sexuality, most young women will accept the responsibility of preventing an unwanted pregancy. (JD)

Learning disabilities are a health threat because they prevent a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and they should be treated with a variety of remedial strategies reflecting their multiple causes. (MB)

The author investigates and defines the role that nurses have played in the origin and growth of American school nursing and, based upon this investigation, proposes a future role for nurses serving school health programs. (MB)

The author (1) presents data drawn from a fourteen-week program on oral health care involving second-grade students; (2) concludes that such a program is successful in promoting short-term behavioral change; and (3) stresses the need for periodic reinforcement and repetition to assure behavior maintenance over time. (MB)

Findings of this study indicate that variables pertaining to students' value systems were statistically significant predictors of their sex attitudes and that parent attitudes toward sex are an influence on the attitudes of their sons and daughters. (MB)

The author presents a strategy for changing health behavior by developing a sense of personal responsibility in the participant through a process of (1) personally defining the concept of health, (2) self-rating one's health status, and (3) deciding which aspects of poor health the subject is willing to change. (MB)