title: School health councils. A healthy initiative in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
abstract: School nurses are diligent guardians of children's health. Health promotion is becoming more and more difficult due to the increase in childhood obesity across the nation. Bold new strategies must be undertaken to reverse this alarming trend. School nurses in New Jersey teamed up with local health departments and the Medical Reserve Corps to implement a creative approach to this problem.
authors.affiliation: Boone Career & Technical Center, Foster, WV, USA.
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Holstein
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006286:Health Planning Councils; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009515:New Jersey; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010809:Physical Fitness; D012573:School Nursing; D055815:Young Adult