A school mental health case consultation program which depended on daily contact between guidance counselors and teachers and special service personnel is evaluated. Subjects were 27 students from elementary schools, 12 from junior high schools and one from senior high school. Results of the followup study (i.e. questionnaires filled in by…

An interview survey of a statewide sample of community members revealed local perceptions of health problems. While community residents differed slightly in their perceptions of local health problems and the social agencies thought to possess the ability to assist in the solution of these problems, they agreed almost unanimously on the extent to…

Eight and nine-year old students in an open classroom engaged in many activities designed to increase their care of their teeth. The teeth of these students and those of a control group were examined and rated on the Podshadley Hygiene Performance Index both before and after the activities. A significant difference existed between pre- and…

This paper outlines hearing loss in children in terms of type, etiology, socioeducational effect, and methods of differentiation of these types from the perspective of the school nurse teacher. The source of information, when not otherwise noted, is data obtained on 2,386 school-age children seen by the author on the Ithaca College Mobile…

Analyses showed that: (1) time was not a decisive factor affecting percentages of involvement in subsequent drug education activities; (2) intensive training programs are relatively ineffectual in stimulating attitude change persistent over time. Presented before Research Council at annual convention of American School Health Association in San…

A questionnaire administered prior to offering an undergraduate basic health course concluded that: (1) students had many misconceptions about both drug abuse and venereal disease but more about venereal disease; (2) there is no significant difference between sexes or age groups in prevalence of misconceptions. Presented at American School Health…

Students enrolled in an Introductory Health course were given a questionnaire (determining student's chief source of information regarding sex knowledge) and a test of their actual knowledge about sexual matters. Those students who indicated the school as their major source of information demonstrated more knowledge than those listing parents or…

The authors presented a questionnaire to students at the beginning of a family life and sex education course. Attitudes of male and female students about such issues as the following are compared and discussed: reasons for course enrollment, attitudes on nonmarital intercourse, intent to marry, and opinions about virginity of peers. The authors…

This is a joint statement of the American Nurses Association and the American School Health Association endorsing expansion of the traditional role of school nurses so that they may serve as school nurse practitioners. Such practitioners (upon completion of a course of study outlined in the article) would assume a more direct and responsible…