September 2006 Volume 7, Number 6
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

Do School Health Services Meet the Needs of Children with Asthma?

A survey of one large state finds many gaps in the way asthma is managed at school.

California Looks for Mental Health/Academic Achievement Links

How one state plans to meet the social and emotional needs of students as a way of improving lives and academic achievement.

What Happened When San Francisco Changed Its Lunch Program

Making lunches more healthful didn’t reduce participation when students had something to say about the new foods.

Imposing Personal Responsibility for Health

Doctors question West Virginia’s new requirement that Medicaid recipients must comply with medical advice as a condition for receiving benefits.

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.