April 2008

Volume 9, Number 3

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 Public Funding for Family Planning Has Decreased or Stagnated in a Third of the States A Quarter of Female Adolescents in U.S. Has A Sexually Transmitted Infection March News Alerts

SCHIP Extension Could Mean More Uninsured Children in the Short Run
An Urban Institute study recaps the SCHIP reauthorization struggle and identifies some short-term consequences and long-term questions.

Being Overweight Is a Matter of Independent Preference and Environment for Female African American Adolescents
A recent pilot study points to the importance of social networks in influencing how African American young women perceive and address weight issues.

Washington State Supreme Court Rules Random Student Drug Searches Violate State's Constitution
The Washington State Supreme Court has held that random drug testing of students violated their right to privacy and the state's constitution.

Editor's Commentary: The Continuing Controversy over Autism and Vaccine
Early in March, a special federal court that compensates people who may have been harmed by vaccines agreed to pay a Georgia child’s family an undetermined amount because the child developed autism-like symptoms around the time she received the standard childhood immunizations.  

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

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