School Health
Professional Resource Brief
American
Academy of Pediatrics, Council on School Health
Resources for pediatricians and other health professionals, including
policies, publications, training, state contacts, and other resources.
American School Health Association
Advocacy materials, self-study training resources, and links to other
resources.
Center
for Health and Health Care in Schools
Information for health professionals, educators, parents,
and young people to assist in promoting the health of children through school-connected
programs. Includes a section on immigrant and refugee children.
Center for Mental Health in Schools
Practitioner toolkit and networks, resources and publications, and free quarterly journal.
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, Division on
Adolescent and School Health (DASH)
Tools for curriculum analysis and program evaluation; information
on national, state, and local programs; and resources on
school health topics.
ERIC
Education Resources Information Center
Database of publications on many educational topics, including
school health, breakfast and lunch programs, physical education, school
nurses, and sports medicine. Free full-text access is available for many
documents.
MedlinePlus:
School Health
News, overviews, nutrition, specific conditions, related
issues, videos, research, journal articles, organizations, law and policy,
statistics, and materials for children and adolescents.
National Association of School Nurses
Online resources on many school health topics such as obesity,
asthma, non-violence, and environmental health; toolkits of resources for
school nurses; educational campaigns on topics such as flu, immunizations,
meningitis, and head lice; continuing education; materials about the profession
of school nurse; policy and advocacy materials; research; and list of state
school nurse associations.
National Association of State Boards of Education: Center for Safe and
Healthy Schools
State Policy Database on School Health is a searchable with a comprehensive set of
laws and policies from 50 states on more than 40 topics; best practice
model policy language on school health topics; other resources.
School-Based Health Alliance
Resources to enable school-based health centers to deliver
affordable, high-quality services and play an active role in public policy.
Materials on advocacy and policy, evaluation and quality improvement, financing,
mental health, training opportunities, and state affiliates.
Society for Public Health Education: School Health
Tools, resources, and evidence-based programs for health educators and other professionals working with children and youth in P-12 schools, communities and other settings. Includes youth disparities fact sheets, assessment, coordinated school health, curriculum, standards, whole child initiative, advocacy, data and statistics, training, and other health topics.
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Authors: Olivia K. Pickett, M.A., M.L.S.; Beth DeFrancis
Sun, M.L.S., MCH Digital Library
December 2013. Updated September 2014.