Journal of School Health back issues from November 2008:
Future of sex education.
Nov 01, 2008; ... We are delighted that the American School Health Association (ASHA) has chosen to focus its 82nd annual conference on adolescent sexuality. This topic is timely for both the school health professionals and the young people they serve. Answer, at Rutgers University, is a national ...
Statement from President David Wiley.(Statement From President)
Nov 01, 2008; ... As Dr. Kelli McCormack Brown assumes the editor's position for the Journal of School Health, I would like to acknowledge the accomplishments of the retiring editor Dr. James Price. Dr. Price has served the American School Health Association (ASHA) not only as editor of the journal but also ...
Trends in sexual risk behavior and unprotected sex among high school students, 1991-2005: the role of substance use.(Research Article)(Report)
Nov 01, 2008; ... Adolescents who engage in substance use or risky sexual behaviors are at an increased risk for adverse health outcomes, including human immunodeficiency virus and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). (1,2) Use of illicit drugs and alcohol has been found to be strongly associated ...
Perceived barriers and benefits to research participation among school administrators.(Research Article)(Report)
Nov 01, 2008; ... Approximately 95% of children aged 5-17 years are enrolled in America's schools, (1) making these institutions an optimal setting for health research targeting today's youth. Although participating in school-based research can be beneficial to schools, students, and researchers, (2-4) ...
Self-reported substance use and sexual behaviors among adolescents in a rural state.(Research Article)(Report)
Nov 01, 2008; ... Substance use and risky sexual behaviors among adolescents are of great concern to health care providers and are a major health concern. Typically, the initiation of alcohol and other drug use and involvement in sexual behavior occur in adolescents. Epidemiological studies have documented ...
The association of childhood personality on sexual risk taking during adolescence.(Research Article)(Report)
Nov 01, 2008; ... According to results from the 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey (YRBSS), 37% of currently sexually active high school students did not use a condom during last sexual intercourse and only 17% reported using the pill as contraception. (1) This type of sexual risk taking is ...
Factors associated with gender differences in parent-adolescent relationships that delay first intercourse in Japan.(Research Article)(Report)
Nov 01, 2008; ... An important and complex area of adolescent behavioral health is sexuality. Sexual behaviors vary within and between ages, gender, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and religious groups. (1) In Japan, induced abortions for girls younger than 20 years have more than doubled to 40,475 in ...
Sexual harassment policies in K-12 schools: examining accessibility to students and content.(School Health Policy)(Report)
Nov 01, 2008; ... School-based peer sexual harassment emerged as an area of research in the early 1990s, with researchers finding that it is both common and detrimental to youth. School-based sexual harassment is defined by social science researchers as any unwanted sexual behavior that interferes with a ...
Erratum.(Correction notice)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Mandell DS, Machefsky A, Rubin D, Feudtner C, Pati S, Rosenbaum S. Medicaid's role in financing health care for children with behavioral health care needs in the special education system: implications of ...
Perceived barriers and benefits to research participation among school administrators.(ASHA Self-Study Continuing Education)
Nov 01, 2008 ... November 2008 issue of Journal of School Health Earn 1.0 Continuing Nursing Education Contact Hour Earn 1.0 CECH Category I CHES, OH0005 1. The authors selected subjects as follows: a) Random selection of principals, then superintendents of those ...