A small collection of files pertaining to the School Health Services Program undertaken in 1944 in conjunction with the State Department of Education. The goals of the program were to provide basic health and nutrition services to school and college students with emphasis on medical “corrections” (e.g., vision exams with eyeglasses furnished), improvement of nutrition through school lunches, teacher awareness training, school nurse examinations and visits, and physical fitness through physical education programs. Materials include: reports, a radio address summarizing the program (1946), and scattered issues of the monthly newsletter School Health News (1948-1955) which typically contained articles on activities in schools and communities, information on new materials for use in the program, advice on methods and procedures, and other such types of information.

Reports; "School Health News" newsletters

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