Shillan, Holly N Luther, Janki P Ryan, Grace W Hoque, Shushmita Spano, Michelle A Lessard, Darleen M Gerald, Lynn B Pbert, Lori Phipatanakul, Wanda Goldberg, Robert J
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The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School Nurses
Asthma morbidity disproportionately impacts children from low-income and racial/ethnic minority communities. School-supervised asthma therapy improves asthma outcomes for up to 15 months for underrepresented minority children, but little is known about whether these benefits are sustained over time. We examined the frequency of emergency department...
Howard, Kristen Beck, Alyssa Kaufman, Alison Rutz, Heather Hutson, Jeré Crum, David Rowe, Adam Marx, Grace Hinckley, Alison White, Jennifer
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The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School Nurses
Healthcare Professionals Working in Schools (HPWS) are responsible for providing health services to students and play a role in providing education to prevent illnesses, including tickborne diseases (TBD). Providing TBD education to children has been shown to increase prevention behaviors and knowledge of TBD symptoms, but little is known regarding...
Laiti, Minna Pakarinen, Anni Parisod, Heidi Hayter, Mark Sariola, Salla Salanterä, Sanna
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The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School Nurses
LBGTQ+ students often miss the support and information they need in the school nursing, but little is known about junior high school (JHS) nurses' work with LGBTQ+ students. 15 JHS nurses were interviewed in focus groups about their perceptions of supporting LGBTQ+ students. Four interconnected themes were identified with inductive thematic analysi...
Lewin, Edward B Bellanti, Dawn M Boyd, Courtney C Orenstein, Walter A Bellanti, Joseph A
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Background: While vaccines have reduced the incidence of vaccine-preventable diseases, vaccine hesitancy threatens the re-emergence of childhood infectious diseases. Purpose: This randomized controlled study evaluated an online vaccine education program to advance vaccine acceptance among middle-school students. Methodology: Study participants were...
Jakobsson, Malin Josefsson, Karin Högberg, Karin
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Sleeping difficulties among adolescents constitute a pressing public health issue, and it is of the utmost importance that these are approached from a health-promotion perspective. This study explores adolescents' suggestions on how their sleep could be supported. Data were collected via eight focus group interviews with 43 adolescents aged 15-16, ...
McKinley Yoder, Claire Cantrell, Mary Ann Hinkle, Janice L
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Multiple factors influence a student's success in high school graduation. Individual factors such as disability, racial or ethnic identity, and gender may result in inequity in the school environment, interfering with learning and possibly leading to poorer educational outcomes. This secondary analysis of student educational records (N = 3,782) fro...
Heitmann, Ann Jeanette Valla, Lisbeth Albertini Früh, Elena Kvarme, Lisbeth G
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Being bullied is associated with anxiety, depression symptoms, and long-term negative health outcomes. The aim of this qualitative pilotstudy was to explore bullied children's experiences of support groups and how participating in a group affected the children. The sample consisted of 24 children aged 11-13 years. Four of them were bullied, while 2...
Mattebo, Magdalena Gottvall, Maria Grandahl, Maria
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The present qualitative study is a part of the process evaluation of a complex intervention, the randomized controlled trial, "Prevention of human papillomavirus (HPV) in a school-based setting." We aimed to explore participating school nurses' perceptions and experiences of delivering the educational HPV intervention to adolescents aged 16. Focus ...
Lee, Chia-Kuei Liao, Li-Ling
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Most people start experimenting with and/or initiating health-compromising behaviors and establishing behavioral patterns during adolescence. Possible selves and episodic future thinking have been used to foster behavioral changes. In this study, we aimed to (1) develop a program incorporating possible selves and episodic future thinking to decreas...
Kivimäki, Hanne M Ståhl, Timo P Joronen, Katja M Rimpelä, Arja H
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Engaging parents in school health examinations can promote adolescents' well-being. We examined parents' participation in universal school health examinations in Finland reported by adolescents in school surveys (14 to 16-year-olds, N = 58,232). Further we studied variation between service providers and schools, and student and school-level factors...
