October 2007

Volume 8, Number 7

A report from the Center for Health and Health Care in Schools on the policies, politics and financing of health programming in schools

In This Issue

Worth Noting Survey Finds Allergies Major Cause of Asthma  Small Diet, Activity Changes Found to Reduce Child Weight Gains September News Alerts

What’s Ahead for Children’s Health Insurance?
President Bush has promised to veto a House- and Senate-passed bill reauthorizing the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and lawmakers are looking for ways to get around the problem.  

School-Based Health Centers Found to Improve Access, Quality of Care for Low-Income Adolescents
A survey found significant differences when adolescents used school-based care rather than community clinics.

Legal Battles over Vaccines and Autism
Scientists say there is no connection, but parents are filing lawsuits charging that a mercury-containing preservative in vaccines caused their children's autism.

The Continuing School Food Controversy
Current U.S. Department of Agriculture rules for what can be sold in schools outside the federal lunch and breakfast programs are outmoded and should be revised, experts say.

Credits: Virginia Robinson, Editor, robinsoneditor@attglobal.net

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