February 2005

Volume 5, Number 12

A report from the Center for Health and Health Care in Schools on the policies, politics and financing of health programming in schools

In This Issue

Worth Noting Health is Third Priority for Americans, Survey Finds  Clonidine, Bupropion Should Be Tested for Children, NIH Says  Fast Food Associated with Weight Gain, Insulin Resistance  January News Alerts

New Commission Aims to End Disparities in Health Care 

Three major medical societies and 30 member organizations announced January 31 that they have formed a commission “to end disparities in medical care” in the United States.

Inhalants—A Middle-School Addiction that Kills

Alarmed by the fact that while most illicit drug use by 8th, 10th, and 12th graders declined from 2003 to 2004, one form of abuse—inhalant use by 8th graders—increased “significantly,” the National Institute on Drug Abuse convened a full-day meeting January 7 to discuss the problem.

What Public Health Can Do to Stop an Avian Flu Pandemic 

The confusion caused in the United States in 2004-2005, when flu vaccine was first urged for everyone, then limited only to specific populations, then urged again for everyone, has left lots of cynicism about influenza in general and what people should do to protect themselves. But that shouldn’t cause us to overlook a menace that’s appearing on the far horizon and has the potential to do much more damage than any usual flu season, say epidemiologists.

In Congress 

Credits: Virginia Robinson, Editor, robinsoneditor@attglobal.net

Health & Health Care in Schools is a monthly journal published in html and PDF versions by The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools. Support for Health & Health Care in Schools is provided by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.