Sentences with phrase «impacts students health»

65 Lack of school nurses impacts students health, academics; keeping kids on campus for lunch; prolonged consumption of sports drinks can lead to tooth decay; the new phys ed stresses fitness for life.
Hinsdale Township High School District 86 is mulling the idea of replacing two certified school nurses with registered nurses as a way to reduce costs, but opponents say it will negatively impact student health.
Poor acoustics in classrooms can directly impact student health and behaviour.
School Nurses work to mitigate social and economic barriers that impact student health and learning.

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«The study concludes that this increase in perfectionism may be negatively impacting the mental health of students today.
Other researchers have also studied the impact of student debt on long - term financial health and reached similarly troubling conclusions.
The international competition offers a platform for researchers and students to submit innovative, high - impact projects based on food, nutrition, health and sustainability.
With a rising emphasis nationwide on mental health and wellness, Challenge Success is on the forefront of providing upstream solutions that support schools in making real, systemic changes that positively impact the health and well - being of students.
Deep fried and high fat foods, potatoes, milk, ketchup, bread, and high - sodium condiments are offered to elementary school students every day and create a negative impact on their health and development.
The farm saw this as an important opportunity where they could impact the health of the community's students, many of them their employees» own children.
Because I have seen firsthand here in Houston ISD how fundraisers selling junk food can have a real and negative impact on student health, I endorsed the second approach.
Stanford education expert Denise Pope says that the quality of a homework assignment and whether students find it meaningful can have a significant impact on student achievement, homework completion, motivation and even physical health.
«The quality of the homework assignment and whether or not students find it meaningful can have a significant impact on student achievement, homework completion, motivation and physical health, Pope said in a recent interview.
Emphasizing to program participants and students how climate change is impacting the things that people care about (nature, water resources, and health) and appeal to the inherent human connection to nature.
«The research is clear: hunger negatively impacts students... it hinders their learning, increases behavioral issues and affects their physical, mental and emotional health,» Superintendent of Schools Dr. Brian V. Hightower said.
For example, a health impact assessment conducted by the Kids» Safe and Healthful Foods Project found that when schools implement healthier standards for snack and a la carte foods, students are more likely to purchase a school meal — a change that improves children's diets and school budgets at the same time, because schools earn reimbursements for meal sales.
Celebrate the Act's impact on student health and wellness: 2013 Progress on the D.C. Healthy Schools Act (pdf) 2012 - 2013 Report on the Health, Wellness and Nutrition of Youth and Schools in the District of Columbia (pdf) December 2012 Report on the Health, Wellness and Nutrition of Youth and Schools in the District of Columbia (pdf) January 2012 DC Healthy Schools Act Year One Snapshot (pdf) Check out the video below to see how the Act is transforming the school envirohealth and wellness: 2013 Progress on the D.C. Healthy Schools Act (pdf) 2012 - 2013 Report on the Health, Wellness and Nutrition of Youth and Schools in the District of Columbia (pdf) December 2012 Report on the Health, Wellness and Nutrition of Youth and Schools in the District of Columbia (pdf) January 2012 DC Healthy Schools Act Year One Snapshot (pdf) Check out the video below to see how the Act is transforming the school enviroHealth, Wellness and Nutrition of Youth and Schools in the District of Columbia (pdf) December 2012 Report on the Health, Wellness and Nutrition of Youth and Schools in the District of Columbia (pdf) January 2012 DC Healthy Schools Act Year One Snapshot (pdf) Check out the video below to see how the Act is transforming the school enviroHealth, Wellness and Nutrition of Youth and Schools in the District of Columbia (pdf) January 2012 DC Healthy Schools Act Year One Snapshot (pdf) Check out the video below to see how the Act is transforming the school environment.
A few of the education items the governor did propose — such as funding for prekindergarten, mental health services, and after school programs — have the potential to make a positive impact on students»
Its Green Ribbon Schools program recognizes schools that reduce environmental impacts and costs, improve the health and wellness of students and staff, and provide environmental education.
A study by a doctoral student in epidemiology at the Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health at Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis showed that vehicle inequities have a significant impact on survivability in head - on collisions.
Scherr said the results show that the program has a real impact on students» health.
Additional studies are needed to fully understand the health impact of sugar - sweetened beverages and diet sodas,» said lead study author Jiantao Ma, Ph.D., who conducted the analysis as part of his doctoral thesis as a student in the Nutrition Epidemiology Program at the USDA HNRCA and the Friedman School.
He had been exploring the impact of HIV / AIDS in New York City, but the storm inspired him to lead a caravan of about 30 researchers, graduate students, and health workers to visit temporary housing sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Mississippi and Louisiana.
«Do no harm: Examining the impact of medical students» short - term international study: Anthropologist says quick - turn global health study programs sometimes produce unintended consequences for patients, communities.»
They investigated how the nutritional content of National School Lunch Program entrées chosen by students varied across different socioeconomic and demographic groups and impacted their health.
These nursing students and the Brookings doula program can have a far - reaching impact on health care in the state and beyond.
«Targeted reduction of Aedes aegypti populations in areas where they are non-native could have little environmental impact, and drastically improve human health,» said Brantley Hall, a Ph.D. student in Tu's lab and co-first author on the paper, together with Sanjay Basu, a postdoctoral associate in Adelman's lab.
Kyle Bourassa, a UA doctoral student in clinical psychology and the paper's lead author, said husbands» and wives» quality of life appears to be equally impacted by their spouse's physical health, with no differences across gender lines.
«We believe exertion or increasing blood flow to the brain when it's not quite ready to handle that, even in the absence of more impacts to the brain, could also interfere with recovery in this window,» said Asken, also a clinical and research coordinator for the Sports Concussion Center at the UF Student Health Care Center.
The Woodruff Health Sciences Center has $ 3.8 billion in operating expenditures, 24,649 employees (including 3,205 faculty), 1,274 affiliated faculty, 5,458 students and trainees, and a $ 7.5 billion economic impact on metro Atlanta.
Her work has led to advances in understanding the ethical aspects of physical and mental illness research, societal implications for genetic innovation, the role of stigma in health disparities, the impact of medical student and physician health issues and optimal approaches to fostering professionalism in medicine.
Not only can screen glare have a negative impact on students» work as they struggle to see the screen, it can lead to health risks as well, such as headaches and eye strain.
'' The curriculum provides for all students to learn about the negative impacts of all forms of discrimination and encourages the teaching of health and physical education to be inclusive and relevant to students of all sexual orientations.»
Lesson Objectives: At the end of the lesson, students should be: 2.3.4 aware of the Legal controls over employment issues and their impact on employers and employees: • able to identify legal controls over employment contracts, unfair dismissal, discrimination, health and safety, legal minimum wage
This discrepancy combines with hunger ~ illness (and a lack of health insurance) ~ mobility and other issues that impact disadvantaged students at a much greater rate than their wealthier peers to form a large opportunity gap.
HPE is a learning area that can support children and adolescents in the choices they make and can manifest in the skills, knowledge and understandings that will ensure students are equipped to make decisions that will impact on their own health and wellbeing choices, hopefully for life.
Not fit for purpose A study by the Royal Institute of British Architects shows that damp classrooms and school buildings full of asbestos results in pupils who are struggling to learn effectively and impacting on the health of both students and teachers.
«Teachers» organisations in Australia, the UK and US are expressing concerns about the impacts of students» behaviours on educators» health and wellbeing, so that it is now considered a costly occupational problem,» he said.
HPE is a learning area that can support children in the choices they make and can manifest in the skills, knowledge and understandings that will ensure students are equipped to make decisions that will impact on their own and others health and wellbeing choices, hopefully for life.
In this lesson, students learn facts about smoking and its impact on our health, and write a friendly letter encouraging a friend not to smoke.
This lesson aims for all students (2 - 6th grade) to understand the concept of food miles, how they impact our health and the environment.
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With the Senate poised to approve a bill that would repeal Obamacare and restructure Medicaid, schools superintendents are writing their congressional delegation to let them know that the health care decisions made on Capitol Hill could well have a profound impact on schools and their most vulnerable students.
Through these activities and supplemental readings, students gain a deeper understanding of the ways socioeconomic status impacts the number and types of businesses in a neighborhood — and the impact these businesses have on residents» health and well - being.
Principals Australia Institute (PAI) understands the importance of teacher health and wellbeing and the impact this has on the everyday interactions with students.
A secondary school's Physical Education provision is often judged on GCSE PE grades and trophies rather than its impact engaging and developing the health and wellbeing of students across the school.
Diane Coyle, Pro Bono Economics Trustee and professor of economics at the University of Manchester, said: «This report summarises the positive impact on academic attainment, including through benefits to physical health, mental health and behaviour, all of which greatly affect students not just in the classroom, but continue to benefit them in their adult life.
David Lewis, Director / Program Manager of Behavioral Health Services at Seattle Public Schools, describes how trauma impacts a student's ability to be successful, and shares best assessment and teaching practices.
For this reason, this article examines the impact that the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) could have on African American students» access to mental health support services in PreK — 12 schools.
The impacts of poverty on students» ability to learn effectively — from lack of readiness for kindergarten to health - related impediments to focusing in class and disproportionate placement in segregated and under - resourced schools — are increasingly understood.
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