Health and educational screening of school-age children--definition and objectives.

Lessler, Ken

doi:10.2105/ajph.62.2.191

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“…This attribute of the STAP provides it an advantage over other screening tests such as the SCAN, which takes 20 min (Lampe, 2011), and MAPA, which takes 30 min (Domitz and Schow, 2000). Thus, the present study conforms to the recommendation of Lessler (1972) who emphasized that a screening procedure is considered useful if it is economical in terms of time.…”

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Screening Test for Auditory Processing (STAP): A Preliminary Report

Yathiraj¹,

Maggu²

2013

J Am Acad Audiol

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The current study revealed that the four subsections of STAP merged to form three distinct components. Dichotic CV and gap detection formed two independent components while speech perception in noise and auditory memory merged to form a single component. This indicates a possible relationship between auditory memory and speech perception in noise as suggested by Katz (1992). Thus, STAP is able to detect three different components related to auditory processing. The study also indicates that the number of children at risk for each of the different auditory processes vary. Ongoing evaluation will shed light on the usefulness of the subsections of STAP in identifying auditory processing problems. In addition to conducting the APD screening test, it is also recommended that a hearing screening be done to rule out peripheral hearing problems when hearing screening programs are not conducted in schools.

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Screening Test for Auditory Processing (STAP): A Preliminary Report

Yathiraj¹,

Maggu²

2013

J Am Acad Audiol

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“…Screening adolescents to determine their well-being and to identify risky behaviours, and mental and physical health problems is a critical function for identifying barriers to a healthy transition to adulthood [2]. Screening needs to be linked with follow-up services, treatments and remediation of health problems [25]. Yet, we found no intervention studies on this critical topic.…”

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School-based interventions to promote adolescent health: A systematic review in low- and middle-income countries of WHO Western Pacific Region

Tomokawa

Gregorio

et al. 2020

PLoS ONE

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Background In the World Health Organization Western Pacific Region (WHO WPRO), most adolescents enroll in secondary school. Safe, healthy and nurturing school environments are critical for adolescent health and development. Yet, there were no systematic reviews found on the efficacy of school-based interventions among adolescents living in low and middle income countries (LMIC) in the Region. There is an urgent need to identify effective school-based interventions and facilitating factors for successful implementation in adolescent health in WPRO. Methods For this systematic review, we used five electronic databases to search for school-based interventions to promote adolescent health published from January 1995 to March 2019. We searched RCT and non-RCT studies among adolescents between 10 to 19 years old, done in LMIC of WHO WPRO, and targeted health and behaviour, school environment and academic outcomes. Quality of studies, risk of bias and treatment effects were analyzed. Effective interventions and implementation approaches were summarized for consideration in scale-up. Results Despite a broad key term search strategy, we identified only eight publications (with 18,774 participants). Most of the studies used knowledge, attitudes and behaviours as outcome

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“…Effective screening should help efficiently and reliably identify potential BH problems in otherwise unidentified individuals (Lessler, 1972; New York State Department of Health, 2015; Wilson & Jungner, 1968). Ideally, screening should (a) rely on a standardized validated instrument that is evidence-based, (b) be administered to all youth being processed, (c) rely on a relatively brief set of questions, (d) be suitable for administration by either clinical or non-clinical staff (although clinician review may be sometimes needed to resolve questions), and (e) generate clear decision rules regarding where and for what purpose a youth is referred on for additional clinical assessment.…”

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The Juvenile Justice Behavioral Health Services Cascade: A new framework for measuring unmet substance use treatment services needs among adolescent offenders

Belenko

Knight

Wasserman

et al. 2017

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

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Overview Substance use and substance use disorders are highly prevalent among youth under juvenile justice (JJ) supervision, and related to delinquency, psychopathology, social problems, risky sex and sexually transmitted infections, and health problems. However, numerous gaps exist in the identification of behavioral health (BH) problems and in the subsequent referral, initiation and retention in treatment for youth in community justice settings. This reflects both organizational and systems factors, including coordination between justice and BH agencies. Methods and Results This paper presents a new framework, the Juvenile Justice Behavioral Health Services Cascade (“Cascade”), for measuring unmet substance use treatment needs to illustrate how the cascade approach can be useful in understanding service delivery issues and identifying strategies to improve treatment engagement and outcomes for youth under community JJ supervision. We discuss the organizational and systems barriers for linking delinquent youth to BH services, and explain how the Cascade can help understand and address these barriers. We provide a detailed description of the sequential steps and measures of the Cascade, and then offer an example of its application from the Juvenile Justice – Translational Research on Interventions for Adolescents in the Legal System project (JJ-TRIALS), a multi-site research cooperative funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Conclusion As illustrated with substance abuse treatment, the Cascade has potential for informing and guiding efforts to improve behavioral health service linkages for adolescent offenders, developing and testing interventions and policies to improve interagency and cross-systems coordination, and informing the development of measures and interventions for improving the implementation of treatment in complex multisystem service settings.

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Health and educational screening of school-age children--definition and objectives.

Cited by 20 publications

References 6 publications

Screening Test for Auditory Processing (STAP): A Preliminary Report

Screening Test for Auditory Processing (STAP): A Preliminary Report

School-based interventions to promote adolescent health: A systematic review in low- and middle-income countries of WHO Western Pacific Region

The Juvenile Justice Behavioral Health Services Cascade: A new framework for measuring unmet substance use treatment services needs among adolescent offenders

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