Acknowledgments

This kit was made possible through a subcontract to the cooperative agreement between the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The content is based on the 1997 School Health Leadership Training Conference.Both the conference and the outline for the kit were planned and organized by the following committee of American Academy of Pediatric (AAP) members:

Bradley Bradford, MD
Paula Duncan, MD
Donald Greydanus, MD
Martin Sklaire, MD
Wayne Yankus, MD

Barbara Frankowski, MD, and Paula Duncan, MD, were responsible for collecting and editing the material for the individual sections of this kit. AAP staff members Scott Allen, Beki Kelly, Su Li, and Ingrid Phillips were responsible for additional editing, collecting resources,and managing the kit's production. Additional AAP staff members Rachael Hagan, Bonnie Fifield, and Joanne Wilkin contributed their efforts to word processing and proofreading.

By virtue of contributing to the School Health Leadership Training Conference, the pediatricians and other health and education professionals listed below contributed to the development of this kit. The AAP is grateful for their collective knowledge and experience with schools and school health programs.

Stephen Barnett, MD Roberta Heller, RN, BSN, CSN Helen D. Pratt, PhD
David A. Birch, PhD Vincent Ho, MD Louise Radloff
Oliver N. Blaise, Jr Judy Igoe, RN, MS, FAAN James P. Rosen, MD
Jerry Bowman Tammy Kang, MD John Santelli, MD, MPH
Margie T. Bradford, RN Lloyd Kolbe, PhD Debra Seltzer, MD
Elaine Brainerd, RN, MA, CSN Julia Graham Lear, PhD David Schonfeld, MD
David Cimino, MD Eugene F. Luckstead, MD James Stackpole, MD
Gretchen Clutter Harold Magalnick, MD Howard Taras, MD
George D. Comerci, MD Jane McGrath, MD Mary Vernon-Smiley, MD, MPH
Donald Cook, MD Phil Nader, MD Lani S. M. Wheeler, MD
Ruth Etzel, MD Kenneth C. Nash, MD Susanne Tropez-Sims, MD, MPH
Tom Gilhool, Esq Judy Palfrey, MD Thomas Young, MD
    Joseph Zanga, MD