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The American School Health Association (ASHA) is a professional association. It claims a membership of 1,000 members in all 50 US states and other nations. More than half practice in K-12 schools or administer health education or health services programs in school districts or state departments of education. [citation needed]
ASCHA had its birth with a New York City meeting of health care and school personnel on December 3, 1906. [3] The association was formed to "stimulate research and promote discussion of the problem of school hygiene" and "to take an active part in movements wisely aiming to improve the hygienic conditions surrounding children during school life."
HOSA – Future Health Professionals, formerly known as Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA), is an international career and technical student organization endorsed by the U.S. Department of Education and the Health Science Technology Education Division of ACTE. HOSA is composed of middle school, secondary, and post-secondary ...
The legislation is endorsed by the School Superintendents Association, National Association of School Psychologists, American Federation of School Administrators, American Foundation for Suicide ...
Pupils in Medan, Indonesia, practice handwashing in class. School hygiene or school hygiene education is a healthcare science and a form of school health education.The primary aim of school hygiene education is to improve behaviour through hygienic practices connected to personal, water, food, domestic, and public hygiene. [1]
Eta Sigma Gamma (ΗΣΓ or ESG) is an honor society for health education.It was founded on August 14, 1967 at Ball State University "to elevate the standards, ideals, competence and ethics of professionally trained individuals in and for the health science discipline through teaching/education, service and research."
School dentist examining children's teeth in the Netherlands, 1935. School-based health and nutrition services are provided through the school system to improve the health and well-being of children and in some cases whole families and the broader community. These services have been developed in different ways around the globe, but the ...
The Journal of School Health is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the health of school students. It was established in 1930 as the School Physicians' Bulletin, obtaining its current name in 1937. It is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American School Health Association. The editor-in-chief is Robert J. McDermott.