Ian Yi Han Ang, Randi L Wolf, Pamela A Koch, Heewon L Gray, Raynika Trent, Elizabeth Tipton, Isobel R Contento
School Lunch Environmental Factors Impacting Fruit and Vegetable Consumption
Journal of nutrition education and behavior
school nurses often play large roles implementation school vaccination requirements aimed controlling spread communicable disease analyzed association presence school nurse schoollevel vaccination rates arizona using schoollevel data arizona sixthgrade schools n 749 regressed average sixthgrade schoollevel immunization rates presence school nurse registered nurse rn licensed practical nurse lpn schoollevel socioeconomic status ses controlling school districtlevel characteristics schools nurse higher overall vaccination rates without nurse 961 vs 950 p 01 schools lowest ses quartile presence school nurse associated approximately 2 percentage point higher immunization rates findings add growing literature defines impact school nurses student health status outcomes emphasizing value school nurses especially lower ses schools