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Healthy Schools Network, Inc., 2020
Schools are an environment conducive to the spread of COVID-19. They are densely occupied for long periods. In fact, schools are where children spend the most time, other than home--often 30-40 hours per week. Like adults, children may shed and transmit the coronavirus, yet show no symptoms. Except for masks, there is no personal protection…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Disease Control, School Closing
Jones, Jeff; Barnett, Claire; Naidoo, Alex; Witherspoon, Nsedu Obot; Trousdale, Kristie; Swanson, Maureen; Gregoire, Tracy – Healthy Schools Network, Inc., 2018
Eliminating lead risks in PK-12 public and private schools was the focus of a facilitated workshop co-sponsored and organized by Healthy Schools Network, the Children's Environmental Health Network, and the Learning Disabilities Association of America. Held December 6-7, 2017, in Washington, DC, it included some 40 participants. They were experts…
Descriptors: Hazardous Materials, Poisoning, Risk, Risk Assessment
Healthy Schools Network, Inc., 2016
"Towards Healthy Schools: Reducing Risks to Children" is the fourth in a series of triennial state of the states' reports from Healthy Schools Network and its partners in the Coalition for Healthier Schools, dating from 2006. Previous reports assessed state-by-state environmental health hazards at schools, offered compelling personal…
Descriptors: Child Health, Health Promotion, Grants, State Aid
Goodson, Dana; Rustem, Kim – Healthy Schools Network, Inc., 2015
On November 9-11, 2015, Healthy Schools Network, with funding support from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Education Facilities Clearinghouse, The California Endowment, Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment, and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, convened the first national facilitated workshop on…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Workshops, Environmental Influences, Hazardous Materials
Goodson, Dana; Rustem, Kim – Healthy Schools Network, Inc., 2015
On November 9-11, 2015, Healthy Schools Network, with funding support from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Education Facilities Clearinghouse, California Endowment, Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment, and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, convened the first national facilitated workshop on environmental…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Workshops, Environmental Influences, Hazardous Materials
Healthy Schools Network, Inc., 2012
"Ergonomics" is a body of knowledge about human abilities and limitations and how these abilities and limitations should be applied to the design of equipment, machinery, and other devices to ensure safe, comfortable and effective use. Most homes and schools today are equipped with computers for student use. Backpacks have become the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Health, Computers, Guidelines