BACKGROUND Sudden cardiac death (SCD) events are tragic. Secondary prevention of SCD depends on availability of automated external defibrillators (AEDs). High school athletes represent a high-risk group for SCD, and current efforts aim to place AEDs in all high schools. HYPOTHESIS The prevalence of AEDs and emergency planning for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in Vermont high schools is similar ...

For-profit schooling is one of the most hotly debated issues in education policy discussions in Chile. Proponents argue that for-profit schools have incentives to reduce costs and to innovate, leading to both higher quality and greater efficiency in education. Critics maintain that for-profit schools cannot be trusted to place the interest of children over profitability. Buried in this position...

Arch Dis Child January 2011 Vol 96 No 1 111 illustrates that black girls, but also probably Turkish girls and those of mixed ethnicities, are likely to have early pubertal maturation compared to white girls. Girls could access sanitary towels in 91% of schools but only on asking, with none available in toilets. Most schools (95%) provided sanitary bins but mainly only in designated toilets. Int...

BACKGROUND Studies of influenza vaccine effectiveness in schools have assessed all-cause absenteeism rather than laboratory-confirmed influenza. We conducted an observational pilot study to identify absences due to respiratory illness and laboratory-confirmed influenza in schools with and without school-based vaccination. METHODS A local public health agency initiated school-based influenza v...

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Today's medical students are learning in a social media era in which patient confidentiality is at risk yet schools' social media policies have not been elucidated. The purpose of this study is to describe the presence of medical schools on top social media sites and to identify whether student policies for these schools explicitly address social media use. METHOD Websites ...

BACKGROUND According to recent surveys, 59% of British medical schools and 90% of US medical schools have courses or content on spirituality and health (S/H). There is little research, however, on the teaching of S/H in medical schools in other countries, such as those in Latin America, Asia, Australia and Africa. The present study seeks to investigate the current status of teaching on S/H in B...

This is a very useful book and has been written for and is being issued by the Association of Preparatory Schools. The book is written mainly for masters of schools, and the clinical picture is chiefly dealt with. There is also an excellent chapter by Mr. Dayne on infectious eye diseases and on ringworm by Dr. Aldersmith. The authors are respectively medical officers to Wellington and Clifton C...

This report focuses on curriculum innovation in schools and the factors that contribute to its success. The small scale survey that formed the basis of the report found that the innovations that most of the schools visited had made had improved pupils’ achievement and personal development. Successful change relied on strong leadership at all levels, a shared understanding of the reasons and nee...

In this month's issue, investigators Charles V. Shorten and Marijane K. Hooven of West Chester University in Pennsylvania report on a method that may give a more realistic measure of the exposure of preschool children to lead-contaminated dust [EHP 108:663-666]. Shorten and Hooven set out to assess the relationship between 168 preschool children attending Philadelphia Head Start programs and va...