This 1959 paper describes the three components of modern school health programs: healthful school living (e.g., lunch programs and wholesome teacher-student relationships); health education (health and safety instruction); and health services (e.g., vision testing and visiting physicians who come daily to examine students for infectious diseases).…

This 1952 paper examines three basic philosophical considerations in school health education programs: knowing the essential nature of the students in question; working cooperatively to develop school health education programs; and examining the relationship between school health education and the social and political philosophy of those involved.…

This 1958 paper examines how former and current school health programs differ (e.g., school nurses moved from simply treating minor injuries and communicable diseases to working cooperatively with physicians and school staff to develop policies and procedures, and health education moved from simple anatomy and physiology to broader personal and…

This 1941 paper highlights the poor health of draft inductees, describing: implications of draftee rejections for school health programs; whether school children need to be "toughened" during the national emergency; legislation for national health preparedness; barriers to progress in school health (e.g., ill-prepared health educators); and…

This 1930 paper discusses important considerations in selecting school physicians, cautioning that unwise appointments include elderly doctors who are no longer in practice, doctors who are more interested in money than health, and doctors with poor interpersonal skills. The paper recommends hiring well-educated, tactful, punctual, honest, and…

This 1949 paper discusses the future role of the school physician, suggesting that it will be important to focus on prevention, to emphasize children's mental as well as physical health, and to have a holistic approach that includes an examination of teachers' and nurses' opinions and of the child's home and school environment. (SM)

This paper, first presented in 1950, discusses the role of the physician in comprehensive school health education, noting the physician's responsibility to provide health education and information to school administrators, lunchroom and other special services personnel, classroom teachers, students, and parents. (SM)

This 1937 paper examines school nurses' roles in providing health education and health services. Duties include observing conditions indicating need for medical attention; interpreting children's needs to parents and teachers; teaching; providing materials for teachers; helping physicians with examinations; developing procedures for controlling…

This 1946 paper discusses ethical issues and procedures that school nurses should follow when faced with public criticism of unsatisfactory health conditions within the school, focusing on dealing with substandard building conditions, home visits, and school health councils and explaining how the nurse should react in order to maintain…

This 1979 paper focuses on the education of school nurses, explaining that they are educational health professionals, and their preparation should be at a professional level. The paper recommends that school nurse educational requirements be at least equivalent to those of the teachers with whom they collaborate to promote student health. (SM)

This 1958 paper questions whether school nurses should wear uniforms (specifically, white uniforms). It concludes that white uniforms are often associated with the treatment of ill people, and since many people have a fear reaction to them, they are not necessary and are even undesirable. Since school nurses are school staff members, they should…

This 1982 paper presents 10 commandments to guide school nurses, including: never allowing oneself to be ignored; always being included in school functions regarding child health; always participating in kindergarten roundups and similar activities to promote child health; always respecting parents' primary responsibility to the child; and always…

This 1970 paper explains that the health educator is a role model for friends, family, and students. The health educator becomes identified with the goals of health education. As one who works to favorably influence health attitudes and behaviors, the health educator's image reflects, favorably or unfavorably, on perceptions of those goals, thus…

This 1963 paper explains that physicians must help balance their patients' desire to live a pleasurable life with their desire to be healthy, noting that if they insist upon only health-promoting behaviors, their patients will view them as being "warriors against pleasure" and may not follow their advice. (SM)

This 1958 paper divides 500 health topics into 20 categories: health as a social accomplishment/social problem; nutrition; physical fitness; mental health and disease; heredity/eugenics; infection/immunity; chronic and degenerative disease; substance abuse; skin care; vision, hearing, and speech; dental health; safety; physical environment; health…