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Download full textWestEd, 2025
More than 8.3 million young people under 18 struggle with anxiety or depression--13 percent of the youth population. Despite the need, more than one third of the U.S. population lives in Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas, creating urgent dual crises of rising mental health needs and insufficient behavioral workforce capacity. Launched in…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Middle School Students, High School Students, Young Adults
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Direct linkM. Fagerström; M. Löf; U. Müssener; M. Neher; S. B. Nutley; K. Thomas – School Mental Health, 2025
The prevalence of mental health issues among adolescents is alarmingly rising. Using mobile phones as tools for promoting mental health can complement school-based health promotion efforts. However, for widespread reach, schools must systematically implement these tools and the students themselves may play an important role in achieving this.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Health Services, Mental Health, Handheld Devices
Archana Bhavani Vasanth Kumar; Gia Grier Mcginnis; Laundette Jones; Erin R. Hager; Sequoia L. Wright; Cara Felter; Greg Carey; Bret Hassel; Arletha W. Livingston; Elizabeth A. Parker – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2024
University of Maryland, Baltimore CURE Connections (UMB CURE) connects West Baltimore high school students with STEM enrichment including hands-on research and community outreach. This study's purpose was to describe successes and challenges of implementing the virtual Community Health Worker curriculum during the summer programming for UMB CURE…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Summer Programs, STEM Education, Community Health Services
Georgia Heyward – Grantee Submission, 2024
Schools have long partnered with local organizations to support access to essential services like food, housing, or mental and physical health. Schools can build on wrap-around school models by helping students and families intentionally cultivate community relationships, skills, and knowledge, thus putting students on a path toward long-term…
Descriptors: School Community Programs, School Health Services, Models, Skill Development
Andia B. Eisman; Jeffrey Martin; Rebecca E. Hasson; Amy M. Kilbourne – Journal of School Health, 2024
Background: Comprehensive health education in schools can effectively prevent drug use and related outcomes, but successful implementation remains challenging. Contextual determinants, including intervention-setting compatibility, focus on the intervention, available resources, and leadership support, influence implementation success. This study…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Comprehensive School Health Education, Drug Use, Drug Education
Autumn Barnes, Contributor; Adina Cooper, Contributor; Marci Hertz, Contributor; Kesha Hudson, Contributor; Sarah Lee, Contributor; Sandra Leonard, Contributor; Bailee Peralto, Contributor; Mary Schauer, Contributor; Katy Suellentrop, Contributor; Jorge Verlenden, Contributor; Natalie Wilkins, Contributor; Camara Wooten, Contributor; Anna Yaros, Contributor – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2023
This action guide was designed for school administrators in kindergarten through 12th grade schools (K-12), including principals and leaders of school-based student support teams, to identify evidence-based strategies, approaches, and practices that can positively influence students' mental health. This action guide describes six in-school…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Elementary Schools, Early Childhood Education, Middle Schools
Thapa, Samikshya; Lambert, Laurel; Stapp, Alicia; Knight, Kathy – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2022
Purpose/Objectives: With the purpose of addressing childhood obesity, the U.S. Congress passed the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act (HHFKA) 2010, which strengthened the mandate and regulations for schools to develop and implement school wellness policies (SWPs) to promote students' health. Transparency and accessibility of SWPs among schools and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, High Schools, School Policy, Wellness
Susan Yeargin; Rebecca M. Hirschhorn; William M. Adams; Samantha E. Scarneo-Miller – Journal of School Health, 2024
Background: The National Federation of State High School Associations provides recommendations regarding health and safety policies; however, policy development is governed at the state level. Given interstate differences in governance, the primary purpose was to describe processes that State High School Athletic Associations (SHSAAs) utilize to…
Descriptors: State Policy, High School Students, Student Athletes, Health
Chugani, Carla D.; Murphy, Courtney E.; Talis, Janine; Miller, Elizabeth; McAneny, Christopher; Condosta, Daniel; Kamnikar, Julie; Wehrer, Edward; Mazza, James J. – School Mental Health, 2022
Adolescents living in low-income areas often have high need for mental health supports due to experiences of poverty and trauma, coupled with limited access and availability of such supports. This study investigated the implementation of a socio-emotional learning curriculum titled, "Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training for Emotional…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Low Income Students, High School Students, Mental Health
Peralta, Louisa R.; Cinelli, Renata L.; Marvell, Claire L. – Health Education Journal, 2021
Objective: The ability of schools, school leaders and teachers to promote critical health literacy in teaching and learning is central to the development of health literacy in schools. However, research focusing on teachers and planning for health literacy through health programmes in school is minimal. This paper describes how one school Health…
Descriptors: Health Education, Health Programs, School Activities, Foreign Countries
White, Patience H.; Ilango, Samhita M.; Caskin, Ana M.; la Guardia, Maria G. Aramburu de; McManus, Margaret A. – Journal of School Nursing, 2022
Nationally, there are low rates of high school-age youth receiving health care transition (HCT) preparation from health care providers. This pilot study implemented and assessed the use of a structured HCT process, the Six Core Elements of HCT, in two school-based health centers (SBHCs) in Washington, DC. The pilot study examined the feasibility…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, School Health Services, Feasibility Studies, Clinics
Shah, Smita; Rizzo Liu, Kym; Lockett, Catriona; Sainsbury, Emma – Health Education Journal, 2023
Objective: The objectives of this study were to (1) measure the acceptability of Students As LifeStyle Activists (SALSA) Youth Voices (SYV) programme, (2) determine the skills gained by peer leaders from their participation in SYV and (3) determine whether peer leaders were able to design and implement an action to promote healthy eating and…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Health Behavior, Eating Habits, Physical Activity Level
Aeschbach, Chelsea J.; Burrough, William B.; Olejniczak, Amy B.; Koepsel, Erica R. – Journal of School Nursing, 2021
Many factors impact an adolescent's willingness to appropriately use health-care services and intent to begin the health-care transition process. Published literature continues to show that the way adolescents experience and utilize health-care services is ineffective and has long-term impacts on individuals and systems. Building upon the success…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Self Management, Child Health, High School Students
Fitzpatrick, Julia M.; Silva, Graciela E.; Vana, Kimberly D. – Journal of School Health, 2021
Background: Most adolescents in the United States do not obtain sufficient sleep. Early school start times play a significant role in adolescent sleep deprivation. Most primary and secondary schools begin classes earlier than the 8:30 am. Perceived barriers to implementing a delayed school start time have been suggested in the literature but have…
Descriptors: Barriers, Time Management, High School Students, Adolescents
Bruns, Eric J.; Pullmann, Michael D.; Nicodimos, Semret; Lyon, Aaron R.; Ludwig, Kristy; Namkung, Nancy; McCauley, Elizabeth – School Mental Health, 2019
School mental health (SMH) services are widespread but are often not well integrated into school settings, based on evidence for effectiveness, or efficiently delivered. This paper presents results of a pilot study of a brief (4 session) assessment, engagement, triage, and initial intervention strategy for SMH clinicians working in high schools.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Psychotherapy, Mental Health, Mental Health Programs
