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Medical Xpress
Local teachers and parents should bear in mind that WA kids suffering from a chronic illness risk starting school while lagging behind their peers developmentally. This is the finding of Telethon Kids Institute and UWA research which found chronically ill children were up to 34 per cent less likely to be developed than healthy kids in a number of areas. These delays covered general knowledge when they start school, being emotionally mature, socially adept, physically healthy and well, and general communication skills.
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ASHA
The 2016 School Health Conference is scheduled on Oct. 6-8 in Baltimore, MD and we've secured a discounted room rate of $189/night plus tax at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel. Please book your room online or call 1-877-212-5752 and request the ASHA room block. Please note that during Oct 5-6, we are hosting Advocates for Youth's 2-day training of trainers for Rights, Respect, Responsibility (3R's), a free K-12 sexuality education curriculum fully mapped to the National Sexuality Education Standards. The ASHA conference starts bright and early on Thurs., Oct. 6 with pre-conference sessions. If you are interested in attending any of these sessions, you might want to plan to arrive as early as Tues., Oct. 4 for the curriculum training or Wed., Oct. 5 for the pre-conference sessions. The conference will conclude around 12:30 p.m. on Sat., Oct.8. More information will be available when we open online registration in early May!
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ASHA
Since 2006, ASHA has managed the Comprehensive Health Education Network (CHEN) listserv. This is a great way to stay abreast of current information and events related to the school health field. In recent months, we've given CHEN a refreshing makeover and changed the distribution frequency to once a week (Fridays). Click here for more information about topics generally covered by CHEN and to sign up.
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ASHA
Did you know that you can access every issue and the full archive of the Journal of School Health (JOSH) online? Click here to login, then click on "JOSH Online." One great way that you can support ASHA is to go green with your annual subscription of JOSH, which costs $70 per member to print and mail. If you don't need or want to receive hardcopies of your member subscription of JOSH, please contact info@ashaweb.org and we'll be glad to take your name off of the mailing list.
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District Administration Magazine
The number of districts and states rushing to stock an emergency antidote that can revive students suffering heroin overdoses shows the severe degree to which the nation's latest drug epidemic has disrupted schools. Students who in the past might have abused marijuana, painkillers and other prescription drugs have turned to heroin, which is now cheaper and easier to buy. Dealers also often mix heroin with powerful drugs like fentanyl, a painkiller administered in operating rooms that's extremely dangerous if used incorrectly.
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Washington News Wire
Solicit folks from teenagers what they're agonized over, and among the issues they're prone to raise is their youngsters not getting enough rest. Such a variety of teenagers stay up past midnight and rise early, particularly when their school begins, at times, certainly before 8:00 a.m. A new study finds that pattern is not only dangerous — it could be deadly. The study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that teens who get less than seven hours of sleep on school nights were more likely to engage in risky behaviors — such as texting and driving, drinking and driving, riding with a driver who was drinking, and not wearing a seat belt in a car or a helmet while on a bicycle — than teens who sleep nine hours a night.
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Student Science
"Fun is the number one reason kids play sports," says David Bell. "And lack of fun is the number one reason kids quit." Nothing takes the fun out of sports faster than an injury. That's why Bell, an athletic trainer, conducted a new study to figure out why kids get hurt playing sports. And specializing in a single sport is a key risk factor, he and his team now find. Their data are among the first to show such a link. And they'll share their findings soon in an upcoming issue of The American Journal of Sports Medicine. Bell and his colleagues at the University of Wisconsin–Madison surveyed more than 300 high-school athletes about the sports they took part in and any past sports injuries.
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The Conversation (commentary)
The spring legislative season is well underway, and, as has been the case for the last several years, a number of states are again considering and passing amendments to their anti-bullying laws. This year, Florida and Kentucky, for example, saw amendments to their anti-bullying laws introduced in their general assemblies. Florida's bill, which has been signed into law by Governor Rick Scott, requires schools to review and revise their anti-bullying policies at least every three years. And Kentucky's bill has come up with a clear definition of bullying so schools better recognize bullying when it occurs.
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Business Insider
According to a report in March from the Guttmacher Institute, an advocacy group that focuses on reproductive health, 26 states still require high school health courses to stress abstinence as the best way to prevent sexually transmitted diseases and avoid becoming the victim of sexual violence. But in practice, such programs tend to emphasize abstinence exclusively and fail to equip students with information about consent. Lack of information has consequences: States with abstinence-only education have the highest rates of teen pregnancy.
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LiveScience
One simple question may reveal a lot about a teen's risk of developing an alcohol problem, a new study finds. The study focused on teen alcohol screening, or questions that doctors can ask to flag those who may be at risk for problem drinking. Results showed that one question — how many days they drank in the past year — was particularly good at spotting those at risk for a drinking problem, which researchers call alcohol use disorder. Among teens who said they had one drink on at least three days, 44 percent were later found to have alcohol use disorder on a diagnostic test. Among the teens who answered no to the 3-days-per-year drinking question, 99 percent did not have alcohol use disorder, the researchers said.
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WebMD News
Parents say their teenage daughters have higher levels of stress than their teen sons, citing causes such as college prep tests and poor body image, a WebMD survey shows. While we all feel some tension at times, more than half of parents (54 percent) rate their teens' stress at moderate to high levels, according to the survey of 579 parents of kids 13 to 17 years old. And nearly one-third of parents (28 percent) say their teen is sad or depressed, with the level higher in girls (32 percent) than boys (24 percent).
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Medical Xpress
Adding natural elements like sand, bricks and bamboo can transform a dull outdoor play space into an imaginative playground for children and even reduce depression signs, according to a new UBC study. The study, conducted over six months in 2014, involved adding things like sand, grasses and water features to the outdoor play facilities of two daycare centers in East Vancouver, and observing children's behavior before and after the change.
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The Atlantic
Parents in Newark are wondering whether their children have been exposed to dangerous amounts of lead. Since early March, more than half of the 67 district schools have tested positive for high lead levels in the drinking water, and documents show that the school administration knew about the problem for more than a year.
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HealthDay News via CBS News
Teenage girls in the United States now start to drink alcohol sooner than boys do, a new study shows. "This is becoming a public health issue," said lead researcher Dr. Hui Cheng, an adjunct assistant professor at Michigan State University. "We really don't know why girls are surpassing boys — that's the next question we want to answer," she said. Among the possible explanations, according to Cheng, is that drinking has become more socially acceptable. Also, because girls typically reach puberty sooner, some start engaging in risky behaviors such as drinking earlier. It might also be that younger girls are spending time with older boys, "so there is more exposure to drinking," she added.
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