For more than half a century school health programs have undergone change and improvement. Beginning with efforts to control com-municable diseases, such programs now include many diverse but related activities requiring the cooperative efforts of physicians, dentists, nurses, teachers, and others. Specific procedures help to protect pupils from unhealthful environmental conditions. Considerati...

Q What is a 504 plan? Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. A 504 plan, then, is a legal document designed to ensure that students with a disability such as diabetes can manage their condition at school and receive the same education as other kids. The plan, which applies to all public schools and any private schoo...

Community public health interventions based on citizen and community participation are increasingly discussed as promising avenues for the reduction of health inequalities and the promotion of social justice. However, very few authors have provided explicit principles and guidelines for planning and implementing such interventions, especially when they are linked with research. Traditional appr...

The paper addresses the issue of student participation from the perspective of the health-promoting schools initiative. It draws on experience from the Macedonian Network of Health-Promoting Schools and its collaboration with the Danish as well as other country networks within the European Network of Health-Promoting Schools. Student participation is viewed as one of the main focal points of th...

The Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) system provides a unique educational experience for thousands of military and civilian dependents living in foreign countries. The blend of military life with a host nation culture creates a challenge for both students and educators. Health education in the international setting provides a social and cultural experience which is not readily f...

Integrated care generally refers to care for the elderly. Fragmentation in health and social care services creates the need to develop coordinated activities and cooperative networks in order to achieve a more cohesive set of services for the elderly. This is seen as being highly desirable by care providers, politicians, care users and financiers, mainly for reasons of quality and efficiency. H...

Evaluation of health promotion interventions aimed at behavioural or environmental change involves assessing change that occurs as a result of the program. Direct observational methods can be used for this purpose and this paper describes three such methods that we pilot tested for use in a 5-year intervention study aimed at reducing sun exposure in primary school children. (1) Monitoring 'No h...