School Health Resource Services

WHAT IS SHRS?

School Health Resource Services (SHRS) provides direct access to the diverse resources needed to implement or improve school health programs and services. We have a full service library and database of school health and related information, as well as access to commercially available databases including Medline, CINAHL, ERIC, PsycInfo, and other biomedical and evidence-based resources. We continually update our databases to provide current school health information to our customers.

SHRS is a network of services designed as a coordinating link between you and the information available from school health, maternal and child health, education, and other disciplines. SHRS provides you with technical information, resource materials, and research assistance.

WHAT SERVICES ARE PROVIDED?

School Health Reference Collection
Access to over 5,000 school health related documents, government reports, model programs, articles, data, policies, videos, and more. Most of the citations includes abstracts created by School Health Resource Services. Full text of most non-copyrighted publications are available upon request for the only the cost of copying.

COMING SOON

The School Health Reference Database will be LIVE on the web, with new materials added almost daily.

Reference Database for Health, Mental Health, and Safety in Schools Guidelines
Author, title, journal, and keyword searches can be conducted from approximately 3,000 references collected by the Office of School Health for the American Academy of Pediatrics..

Newsletter
Our newsletter, What's New in School Health Resources provides descriptions of the newest and best information we can find that will be helpful to school health and related professionals. We always include full bibliographic information and availability. Look at our newsletters for the latest Programs in Action, outstanding school health programs already in operation in schools and communities across the U.S. To download a copy (Word Doc, 76Kb) click here.

Toll-Free Telephone Number
Convenient and free access to School Health Resource Services. An information specialist/librarian is available most business days from 12:00 to 5:00 p.m. Mountain time. Voice messages are responded to within 48 hours. Toll-free 866-724-0645. To call the librarian direct, call 303-724-0643.

Bibliographic Services
Literature searches are available from several health and education databases, including our in-house school health reference collection, ERIC, CINAHL, Medline, HealthStar, and Health and Psychosocial Instruments.

School Health Links
Other related websites of interest to school health and education professionals. Disclaimer: Links to Internet resources outside of the UCD World Wide Website are provided solely for the convenience of those visiting the UCD network of home pages. Provision of such links should not be construed as an endorsement of any or all outside sites linked from the UCD servers.

Organizations and Government Agencies

Subject Summaries
Concise, up-to-date summaries of current developments in school health. Distribute them to your school administrators, school board members, and PTA members.

Managed Care and School Health

Florida's Healthy Kids

Is Contracting an Option for School Health Services?

School Health Services in the New Millenium

Resource Packets

Supervisory Leadership: A Training Manual for School Nurses Working with Paraprofessionals
Unlicensed assistive personnel are an increasing presence in today's schools, and professional school nurses are challenged to supervise these new members of the health care team. This manual contains the curriculum for a 20-hour education program on nursing leadership and the supervision of unlicensed assistive personnel in school settings. All the current issues are covered - delegation, effective communication, building teams, conflict resolution, policies and procedures, and program logistics. Price $125 (includes shipping).

School Health Needs Assessment: A Starter Kit
Need data to evaluate your current programs and services, detect gaps in services, or support a grant application? This packet is for you. The School Health Needs Assessment Starter Kit is a notebook full of how-to information and step-by-step worksheets. Follow the the easy-to-understand instructions for selecting methods, unearthing existing data, creating instruments, selecting a sample, conducting surveys, compiling results, and reporting your findings. Adapt one of the sample instruments in the packet or design your own. Price $25 (includes shipping).

School-Based Mental Health Programs Resource Packet
Nearly 20% of school-aged children and adolescents have emotional or behavioral problems that warrant intervention, but less than one-third of these youth receive mental health services. Do these figures describe your school district? Are you seeking ways to provide direct intervention, consultation with teachers about students' behavior problems, mental health education, referrals, and networking? This packet with help you make informed decisions about providing school-based mental health programs. Price $15 (includes shipping).

Publications

Expanding School Health Services to Serve Families in the 21st Century
Published originally in 1992 by the American Nurses Association as a white paper on health care reform, the ideas in this booklet are just as valid today. Schools are the natural focus for community-based, cost-effective family health care and have the potential to provide universal access to health care. Model programs of family-centered primary health care and innovative school health projects in the past two decades illustrate the soundness of the proposal to base family health care in community schools.
Price $8 (includes shipping).

A Closer Look: A Report of Select Findings from the National School Health Survey
The Office of School Health conducted a national survey of school nurses and school health administrators in 1994 to acquire insight into the functioning of school health programs and practices in local school health systems. The survey gathered information on student health complaints, the nature of school health programs and services provided, school health personnel and staffing, and the organization and management of school health services.
Price: Report $3 (includes shipping). 16 pages.
Data Set $25 (includes shipping). Disk in SPSS format for PCs.

WHO CAN USE SHRS SERVICES?

SHRS provides information to:

School administrators
Health care professionals
Community groups
Government agencies
Institutions of higher education
Students and parents
School health professionals: school nurses, social workers, mental health providers
Special education staff
Teachers and school staff

HOW DO I ACCESS SHRS?

Contact: The Office of School Health
Phone: Toll-free (866) 724-0645, Direct (303) 724-0643
Fax: (303) 724-0905
E-mail: osh.librarian@uchsc.edu

Mailing Address:
School Health Resource Services
Office of School Health
University of Colorado Denver
School of Nursing
Campus Box F-541
P.O. Box 6508
Aurora, CO 80045-0508

Office of School Health
University of Colorado Denver
Campus Box F-541, P.O. Box 6508
Aurora, CO 80045-0508

303-724-0643, Toll-free 866-724-0645• http://www.uchsc.edu/schoolhealth