RT Journal
T1 NAtional school health services act
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1949
FD May 28
VO 140
IS 4
SP 411
OP 412
DO 10.1001/jama.1949.02900390043013
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1949.02900390043013
AB During the Eightieth Congress considerable effort was made by special groups to secure the enactment of legislation providing for federal aid in the development of school health programs. The legislation then under consideration contained a number of basic deficiencies that prevented the American Medical Association from giving unqualified approval, although the objective has had the endorsement and the active support of the medical profession for many years. The American Medical Association has encouraged periodic examinations of school children at appropriate times during advancement in school and has stimulated the early correction of defects disclosed by such examinations. The Association has collaborated in formulating a school health program now approved by some forty-five different organizations.A pending bill, S. 1411, to enact a National School Health Services Act, which has passed the Senate, seems scheduled for enactment by the Congress. This bill provides for the general welfare by enabling the several