Vermont Department of Health

Role of the School Nurse in Providing School Health Services: Policy Statement

School nursing has evolved into an essential field bridging health care and education. School nurses play multifaceted roles, addressing direct care, care coordination, public health, leadership, and quality improvement. They manage communicable diseases, chronic conditions, ment...

A Scoping Review of Social Capital’s Impact on Resilience Across the Humanitarian Development Peace Nexus

The recent expansion of literature on social capital and resilience has resulted in multi-disciplinary applications, obscure conceptual parameters, and a range of overlapping and divergent results. This scoping review aims to understand how existing literature has framed the impa...

Physical activity reduces mental health burden in adults with a history of adverse childhood experiences

BACKGROUND: Adverse childhood experiences (ACES) are associated with health issues that can persist into adulthood including mental disorders, behavioral problems, and suicide. Physical activity (PA) is a potential tool in response to these burdens as it is profoundly beneficial...