Citation

Piessens PW, King MC, Ryan J, Millette B, Sheetz A, Douglass JB, Rissmiller PN. J. Sch. Health 1995; 65(5): 176-180.

Affiliation

College of Nursing, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth 02747-2300, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, American School Health Association, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7637334

Abstract

Schoolchildren suffer from health problems ranging from chronic medical and developmental problems to new morbidities related to drugs, violence, and sexual behavior. To help administrators, teachers, and health personnel meet the new challenges in schools, nursing educators from the University of Massachusetts and Simmons College developed the UMass-Simmons School Health Institute. The Institute delivers a series of professional development programs in all regions of the commonwealth to: 1) devise innovative strategies to remove health barriers to learning and to promote the health of children and adolescents, and 2) enhance the design, implementation, integration, and management of comprehensive school health programs, including those mandated and regulated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This article describes a statewide model to prepare school health personnel for delivery of comprehensive school health services.

Language: en