"MUST READ" PAPERS FOR SCHOOL HEALTH PHYSICIANS

Each year the Council on School Health and American School Health Association Physician Section compiles a list of the "must read" school health journal articles published the previous year.  Papers are voted on by reviewers from each of these groups and represent those articles that most significantly influenced their work in school health that year.

Below is an archive of "Must Read" Papers from previous years:

2011
2010
2009
2008

2011 "MUST READ" PAPERS

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By Subject:

The Effect of Health Conditions on Educational Outcomes
Forrest CB, Bevans KB, Riley AW, Crespo R, Louis TA. School outcomes of children with special health care needs. Pediatrics Vol 128 No 2 Aug 2011.

Levy DE, Winickoff JP, Rigotti NA. School absenteeism among children living with smokers.  Pediatrics. 2011 Oct;128(4):650-6.

Stephanie L. Jackson, DDS, MS, William F. Vann Jr, DMD, PhD, Jonathan B. Kotch, MD, MPH, Bhavna T. Pahel, PhD, MPH, BDS, and Jessica Y. Lee, DDS, PhD, MPH.  Impact of poor oral health on children’s school attendance and performance.   American journal of Public Health  Oct 2011, Vol 101, No 10

Basch CE. Inattention and hyperactivity and the achievement gap among urban minority youth. J Sch Health. 2011; 81: 641-649.

Basch CE. Healthier students are better learners: high-quality, strategically planned, and effectively coordinated school health programs must be a fundamental mission of schools to help close the achievement gap. J Sch Health. 2011; 81: 650-662.

School-Based Obesity Interventions
Patel AI, Hampton KE.  Encouraging consumption of water in school and child care settings:  access, challenges, and strategies for improvement.  Am J Public Health. 2011 Aug;101(8):1370-9. Epub 2011 Jun 16.

Madsen KA. School-based body mass index screening and parent notification: a statewide natural experiment. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 165(11):987-92, Nov 2011.

School-Based Asthma Control Intervention
Halterman JS, Riekert K, Bayer A, Fagnano M, Tremblay P, Blaakman S, Borrelli B. A pilot study to enhance preventive asthma care among urban adolescents with asthma. J Asthma. 2011; 48(5):523-30.

The Role of School Nurses and School Outreach Efforts to Improve Access to Care
Baisch MJ, Ludeen SP, Murphy MK. Evidence-based research on the value of school nurses in an urban school system.  J Sch Health. 2011;81(2):74-80.

Rickard ML, Price JH, Telljohann SK, Dake JA, Fink BN.  School superintendents’ perceptions of schools assisting students in obtaining public health insurance.  J Sch Health. 2011 Dec;81(12):756-63.

The Youth Risk Behavior Survey and School Health Profiles
Foti, K., Balaji, A., & Shanklin, S. (2011). Uses of Youth Risk Behavior Survey and School Health Profiles Data: Applications for improving adolescent and school health. Journal of School Health, 81(6), 345-354.

2010 "MUST READ" PAPERS

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By Subject:

Health, Academic Achievement and Health Care
Basch C. Healthier students are better learners: A Missing Link in Efforts to Close the Achievement Gap. Equity Matters Research Review no.6 March 2010.

Guo J, Wade T, Pan W, Keller K: School-Based Health Centers: Cost-Benefit Analysis and Impact on Health Care Disparities: AJPH. 2010;100(9):1617-1623

Strolin-Goltzman J. The relationship between school-based health centers and the learning environment. J Sch Health. 2010;80:153-159.

Walker CS Kerns SEU, Lyon AR et.al. Impact of School-Based Health Center Use on Academic Performance. J Adolesc Health. 2010;46(3):251-256.

Mental Health
Husky MM, Kaplan A, et. al. Identifying adolescents at risk through voluntary school-based mental health screening. J Adolesc. 2011 Jun;34(3):505-11. Epub 2010 Jun 18.

Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Diabetes
HEALTHY Study Group. A School-Based Intervention for Diabetes Risk Reduction. N Engl J Med. 2010 Jul 29;363(5):443-53. Epub 2010 Jun 27.

Ramstetter CL, Murray RD, Garner AS. The Crucial Role of Recess in Schools. J Sch Health. 2010;80(11):517-526.

Sarmiento K, Mitchko J, Klein C, Wong S. Evaluation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Concussion Initiative for High School Coaches: Heads Up: Concussion in High School Sports”. J Sch Health. 2010;80(3):112-118.

School Environment
Simons E, Hwang SA, et al. The Impact of School Building Conditions on Student Absenteeism in Upstate New York. Am J Public Health. 2010;100(9):1679-1686.

Students with Asthma
Gerald JK, G. R., Bailey WC, Gerald LB. Cost-effectiveness of school-based asthma screening in an urban setting. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2010; 125(3):643-50, 650.e1-650.e12.

Stevens GD, Pickering TA, et al. Relationship of medical home quality with school engagement and afterschool participation among children with asthma. J Asthma. 2010;47(9): 1001-1010.

Wheeler L, Buckley R, et al. Working With Schools to Improve Pediatric Asthma Management. Pediatric Asthma, Allergy & Immunology. 2010; 22(4):197-208.

2009 "MUST READ" PAPERS

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By Subject:

Asthma-Friendly Schools
Jones SE, Wheeler LS, Smith AM, McManus T. Adherence to National Asthma Education and Prevention Program's "How Asthma-Friendly Is Your School?" recommendations. J Sch Nurs. 2009 Oct;25(5):382-94.

Asthma “Screening” and Morbidity
Gerald JK, Sun Y, Grad R, Gerald LB. Asthma morbidity among children evaluated by asthma case detection. Pediatrics. 2009 Nov;124(5):e927-33.

Asthma Education
Do school-based asthma education programs improve self-management and health outcomes?  Coffman JM, Cabana MD, Yelin EH.  Pediatrics. 2009;124(2) :729-742.

School Based Mental Health Screening
Scott MA, Wilcox HC, Schonfeld IS, Davies M, Hicks RC, Turner JB, Shaffer D.
School-Based Screening to Identify At-Risk Students Not Already Known to School Professionals: The Columbia Suicide Screen. Am J Public Health. 2009;99:334–339

School-Based Adolescent Immunization Delivery
Daley MF, Curtis CR, et. al. Adolescent immunization delivery in school-based health centers: a national survey. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2009;45(5):445-52

School Closure during Influenza Pandemic
Cauchemez S, Ferguson NM, Wachtel C, Tegnell A, Saour G, Duncan B, Nicoli A. Closure of schools during an influenza pandemic. Lancet Infect Dis. 2009 Aug;9(8):473-81

Physical Education Class Injuries
Nelson NG, Alhajj M et al. Physical education class injuries treated in emergency departments in the US 1997-2007. Pediatrics. 2009;124:918-925.

Physically disabled students
Egilson ST, Traustadottir R.  Participation of students with physical disabilities in the school environment.  Am J Occup Ther. 2009;63(3):264-272.

Encouraging Walking in Children and Adolescents
Giles-Corti, B. Kelty, SF, Zubrick, SR, Villanueva, KP. Encouraging walking for transport and physical activity in children and adolescents: How important is the build environment? Sports Med. 2009;39(12):995-1009.

Effect of School Breakfast and Lunch on BMI
Gleason PM, Dodd AH. School breakfast program but not school lunch program participation is associated with lower body mass index. J Am Diet Assoc. 2009;109:s118-s128.

Fast Food Restaurants Near Schools
Davis B, Carpenter C.  Proximity of Fast-Food Restaurants to Schools and Adolescent Obesity.  Am J Public Health. 2009;99(3):505-510. 

School Health Laws, Policies and Surveillance
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for Law and the Public’s Health: A Collaborative at Johns Hopkins and Georgetown Universities. A CDC review of school laws and policies concerning child and adolescent health. Journal of School Health. 2008;78(2):69–127.

Eaton DK, Kann L,Kinchen S, Shanklin S, Ross J, et. al. Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance-US 2007. MMWR. 2008;57(SSO4);1-131.

School Health Services
Bergman DA, Sharek P, Eckegren K , Thyne S, Mayer M, Saunders M. The Use of Telemedicine Access to Schools to Facilitate Expert Assessment of Children with Asthma. Internalt J of Telemedicine and Applications. 2008;Article ID 159276, 7 pages.

Burke B, Bynum A, Hall-Barrow J, Ott R, Albright M. Rural school-based telehealth: how to make it happen. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2008;47(9):926-9.

Davis, MM, King, JC, Moag, L, Cummings, G, Magder, LS. Countywide School-Based Influenza Immunization: Direct and Indirect Impact on Student Absenteeism. Pediatrics. 2008;122(1):e260-e265.

Millard MW, Johnson PT, Hilton A, Hart M. Children with Asthma Miss More School: Fact or Fiction? CHEST. 2009;135:303–306.

Moonie S, Sterling DA, Figgs LW, Castro M. The relationship between school absence, academic performance, and asthma status. J Sch Health. 2008;78:140-148.

Janosz M, Archembault I, Pagani LS, Pascal S, Morin AJS, Bowen F. Are there detrimental effects of witnessing school violence in early adolescence? J Adolesc Health 2008;43:600-608.

Taras H and Brennan JJ. Students with chronic diseases: nature of school physician support. J Sch Health. 2008;78(7):389-396

Wade TJ, Mansour ME, Line K, Huentelman T, and Keller KN. Improvements in Health-Related Quality of Life Among School-Based Health Centers Users in Elementary and Middle School. Ambulatory Pediatrics. 2008;8(4):241-249.

Mental Health
Glew, GM, Fan M-Y, Katon W. Bullying and school safety. J Pediatrics. 2008;152(1):123-128

Janosz M, Archembault I, Pagani LS, Pascal S, Morin AJS, Bowen F. Are there detrimental effects of witnessing school violence in early adolescence? J Adolesc Health. 2008;43:600-608.

Roberts RE, Roberts CR, Duong HT. Chronic insomnia and its negative consequences for health functioning of adolescents: A 12-month prospective study. J Adolesc Health. 2008;42(3):294-302.

Nutrition
Foster GD, Sherman S, Borradaile KE, Grundy KM, Vander Veur SS, Nachamani J, Karpyn A, Kumanyika S, Shults J. A Policy-Based School Intervention to Prevent Overweight and Obesity Pediatrics. 2008;121:e794-e802.