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Questions: Chapter 8

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Health Is Academic: A Guide to Coordinated School Health Programs

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Area of Responsibility: Responsibility II—Planning Effective Health Education Programs

The following questions are directly related to Chapter 8: School Health Services, written by P. Duncan and J.B. Igoe, in Health Is Academic: A Guide to Coordinated School Health Programs. 

The answer sheet is available by clicking here: Answers: Chapter 8.

Please answer the following questions:

1. The definition of school health services at the beginning of Chapter 8 includes:

1. Preventive services and education
2. Emergency care
3. Referral and management of acute and chronic health conditions
4. All of the above

2. The National School Health Survey showed that:

1. Most states do not require that schools offer the services of a school nurse services
2. Sixty-six percent of the junior hight/middle schools surveyed had a school-based health center
3. Eighty-five percent of all public schools offer some health services
4. All of the above

3. Health services that schools provide in partnership with community resources can benefit young people in a number of ways, including all of the following except:

1. Reducing barriers to learning
2. Keeping them safe from major injuries
3. Ensuring that they have a primary provider for medical and dental services
4. Ensuring that they are free from disabling and chronic conditions

4. In addition to screening, diagnostic, treatment, and health counseling services for students, the core health services that every school should provide include:

1. Transportation to needed services in the community
2. Dental services and mental health services
3. Sports physicals and school-based health center services
4. Referrals and linkages with other community providers, health promotion, and injury and disease prevention education

5. Assisting students with medication during the school day is a service provided only for severely ill students.

1. True
2. False

6. Health promotion, prevention education, and preventive services as part of school health services can include:

1. Immunizations
2. Classroom activities that encourage safety belt use
3. Participation in schoolwide efforts, such as health fairs
4. All of the above

7. In assessing which health services schools will provide beyond the core services, decision makers must consider:

1. Students' health needs
2. Students' educational needs
3. The availability of appropriate community health services
4. All of the above

8. Which of the following is true regarding licensure requirements and certification?

1. They are the same; a licensed nurse is also a certified nurse
2. They differ in that a license is a legal credential, but a certificate is not
3. All health service professions require licensure to practice; states sometimes require additional certification, for instance, to practice in a school setting
4. All of the above

9. Which of the following is not mentioned as a possible funding source to help support school health services?

1. Third-party reimbursement
2. Local bond levies
3. Federal funds through Maternal and Child Health block grants
4. Medicaid

10. Suggested action steps that schools can take to implement school health services include all but which of the following?

1. Forming an interdisciplinary school health services team
2. Establishing a certification process
3. Mapping health care resources and student access to health care
4. Establishing a continual quality management program

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