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- Title
Are Body Mass Index Screening Programs in Schools Enough? Body Mass Index Notification, Follow-up, and School Nurse Role.
- Authors
Kowalski, Amy E.; Hartung, Sheila Q.
- Abstract
Childhood and adolescent obesity are epidemic in the United States. Because of this crisis, schools in our nation have been challenged to develop strategies to decrease the number of overweight and obese youth, with many states passing legislation requiring body mass index (BMI) monitoring by the school. This may be done as a screening or surveillance program depending on the state, with some states requiring notification to parents. As school nurses are often the only health professional in the school, they are typically the employee tasked with leading the BMI screening programs. School nurses, both in states requiring and in states without requirements for BMI screening programs, must be knowledgeable about evidence-based programs and strategies that have promise in reversing the obesity epidemic. Indeed, school nurses are in a position to be an active participant in the fight against the obesity and overweight crisis.
- Subjects
UNITED States; NURSING education; PREVENTION of childhood obesity; CENTERS for Disease Control &; Prevention (U.S.); MEDICAL care costs; MEDICAL screening; NURSES; PARENTING; SCHOOL nursing; STUDENT health; OCCUPATIONAL roles; BODY mass index
- Publication
NASN School Nurse, 2019, Vol 34, Issue 4, p223
- ISSN
1942-602X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1942602X18814771