Partnering with Middle School Health Teachers Promotes Calcium Consumption Among Students

2009 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. S34
Author(s):  
Mary P. Wilson ◽  
Robin Collins ◽  
Kristen Christiansen
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
School Health ◽  
Health Teachers

scholarly journals Self-Reported Dental Caries by Mexican Elementary and Middle-School Schoolchildren in the Context of Socioeconomic Indicators: A National Ecological Study

Children ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 289
Author(s):  
Juan Fernando Casanova-Rosado ◽  
Alejandro José Casanova-Rosado ◽  
Mirna Minaya-Sánchez ◽  
Juan Alejandro Casanova-Sarmiento ◽  
José Luis Robles-Minaya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Dental Caries ◽  
School Health ◽  
Ecological Study ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Socioeconomic Indicators ◽  
National Surveys ◽  
Socioeconomic Variables ◽  
Food Purchases ◽  
Mexican Children

The objective of the present research was to quantify the association between dental caries self-report and socioeconomic indicators in Mexican children. An ecological study included a self-report of dental caries in schoolchildren enrolled in public elementary and middle schools derived from the National School Health Survey. A total of 73,560 schoolchildren (representing 19,745,366 students) aged 5 to 16 years were included. Socioeconomic variables included were scales depicting physical characteristics of housing, purchasing power, etc. used in national surveys in Mexico to measure deprivation, poverty, and income inequality in official data. Data were analyzed in Stata using Spearman’s correlation test. For the most part, no association (p > 0.05) was found between caries self-report, socioeconomic variables, or the Gini index. However, caries self-report in elementary schoolchildren and total (elementary + middle-school) schoolchildren groups was positively correlated (p < 0.05) with two poverty variables: extreme poverty by income (value of personal food purchases per month) and poverty by income (value of personal food and non-food purchases per month). National data for dental caries self-report were associated—at the ecological level—with a few socioeconomic indicators but not with most of the usual and customary indicators used in national surveys in Mexico.

scholarly journals Identifying the challenges to successfully teaching about genetic diversity among Japanese junior high school students

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 205031212096065
Author(s):  
Natsu Kohama ◽  
Hiromi Kawasaki ◽  
Chieko Kukinaka ◽  
Hiromi Goda ◽  
Md Moshiur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Life Skills ◽  
School Health ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
Genetic Education ◽  
School Students ◽  
Health Teachers

Objectives: Creating a diverse and inclusive symbiotic society is specified in the sustainable development goals. In a symbiotic society, support for those who need, it is called “reasonable support.” However, it is unclear in the classroom that many children understand “reasonable” as a consideration to support children with special needs. The aim of this study is to identify the actual understanding of junior high school students and the challenges related to genetic diversity through school health teachers in readiness for developing a symbiotic society. Methods: A focus group interview was conducted for five school health teachers working in public junior high schools to identify the perspectives of their feeling about the current understanding of children in regard to genetics and diversity. Participants were recruited who agreed to engage voluntarily in this research. A qualitative descriptive design was used in this study. Results: The results of the analysis revealed three categories consisting of 67 codes and 10 subcategories. Three categories were identified: I—understanding the heterogeneity and diversity of children’s ambivalent minds; II—limitation of school health teachers’ involvement in genetics and diversity-related issues; and III—importance for children to understand heterogeneity and diversity to build life skills. Conclusions: School health teachers remarked on the limitations of learning and teaching genetics and diversity. They paid attention to the flexibility of a child. It suggests that the purpose of genetic education is to develop children’s life skills with the flexibility to live in the future. There is a need to consider new genetic education for school health teachers and students to learn about diversity.

Adolescent Vaccines: Latest Recommendations, Addressing Barriers, and Improving Vaccine Rates

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 217-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen C. Rose
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
School Health ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
School Nurses ◽  
Human Papillomavirus Vaccine ◽  
Whole Child ◽  
Vaccination Rates ◽  
Vaccine Completion ◽  
Papillomavirus Vaccine ◽  
5Th Grade

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends that the Tdap, HPV, and meningitis vaccines be administered to youth beginning between the ages of 11 and 12. The school nurse, knowledgeable about vaccine schedules and the rationale for the schedules, is in a unique position to advocate for all adolescent vaccines and their timely administration through addressing parent-guardian concerns and supporting other healthcare providers in completing the adolescent vaccines. This article reviews current recommendations for adolescent vaccinations and the actions needed to improve vaccination rates with a focus on Human Papillomavirus vaccine, the vaccine with the lowest completion rates among this age group. Additionally, school nurses are introduced to Middle School Health Starts Here, a program for school nurses designed to address the whole child as students progress from 5th grade to middle school. Public policy issues including school mandates, along with possible barriers to vaccine completion in adolescents, are discussed.

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