
The 2023 Slate of Board candidates has been reviewed by the current...
source: ASHA
Amendments to these Bylaws that do not directly or indirectly affect the provisions of Articles I, II, or XI may be approved by a majority vote of the Board of Directors following the forty-five (45) day member review and comment period. Provide any comments to info@ashaweb.org.
source: ASHA

Thank you to everyone who attended the 96th Annual School Health Conference....
source: ASHA
Schools often discriminate against parenting students, and services for them have dwindled. New abortion restrictions could force more young people to drop out.
source: Hechinger Report
More than half of adolescents with obesity had met the criteria by age 5, according to one 2018 study. And adolescents were more likely to have obesity if they were relatively large at birth, the study found, meaning risk starts before a child is even born.
People tend...
source: USA Today
Their follow-up findings, which appear in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, show that girls who received the Fast Track intervention during first through 10th grades had improvements in several aspects of their family environments 18 years later.
Specifically,...
source: Futurity
The survey – KFF’s first since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized two COVID-19 vaccines for use in children from 6 months through 4 years old in June – shows that just 7%...
source: Kaiser Family Foundation
The research found that children tended to have better lung function if their exposure to vegetation close to their homes increased in the first ten years of life.
Researchers say their findings support the idea of families moving to...
source: Medical Xpress
In general, most groups feel schools are safe. However, students express the greatest concerns over feeling safe physically and emotionally. This suggests a strong need for schools to focus on identifying early indicators...
source: eSchool News
The World Health Organization has declared monkeypox a public health emergency of global concern. Here's what that means and where the U.S. stands in terms of treatments and vaccines.
source: NPR
For many parents, the idea of having a "sex talk" with their kids is nothing short of cringe-inducing. But sex educator Cory Silverberg says it doesn't have to be that way.
Silverberg was raised by a children's librarian and...
source: NPR
Several educators who spoke to ABC News agree that sex education in general is lacking in the U.S., despite its importance. According to the National Sex Education Standards (NSES), quality sex ed can help young people delay the...
source: ABC
Physical education teachers are using the latest learning strategies to keep PE relevant and ensure students are practicing their 21st-century skills.
source: eSchool News
Virtual attendees can choose from 24 sessions presented live and 20 sessions of recorded content for on-demand learning such as:
Social Media, Tick Tock, Etc: Influences On Adolescent Health and Risky decisions, How Can We Educate...
source: ASHAORG
Children as young as 9 and 10 start to wonder about tobacco, booze and even marijuana, and many may have easy access to these substances at home, mostly because their parents have not forbidden their use yet.
Broken down further, about one in 10 of the nearly 12,000 preteen...
source: U.S. News and World Report