TY  - JOUR
T1  - NAtional school health services act
Y1  - 1949/05/28
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1949.02900390043013
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 411
EP  - 412
VL  - 140
IS  - 4
N2  - 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
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1949.02900390043013
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1949.02900390043013
ER  -