Calculate Your Body Mass Index! Screenings are added to student records for tracking health performance and for reviewing overall student health. These screenings are used in sports reviews, early childhood information and development. We want to spotlight a new area of screenings in NASIS: height/weight and vital signs with a special focus on BMI. Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to both adult men and women. Calculating BMI is one of the best methods for population assessment of overweight and obesity categories. Because the calculation requires only height and weight, it is inexpensive and easy to use for clinicians and for the general public. The use of BMI allows people to compare their own weight status to that of the general population. It is one of many tools that can help assess health risk factors such as heart disease, usually within the adult population (20 years old and older).  |
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The Health Visits provides a place for recording when a student came into a health office for a first aid or health care event. |
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Immunizations Summary Tab
The Immunizations Summary section displays immunizations tracked by the district for each student. It will show if the student is compliant, non-compliant, or within the grace period allowed, based on the dates entered into their immunization record. It will also show if the student has been granted a waiver, and on what grounds. |
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Form Documents are district created files in Adobe PDF format that have fields from the NASIS database pre-populated, as well as text fields, checkboxes and radio buttons. The full version of Adobe Acrobat (or equivalent third-party tools) is required to create the forms, but only Adobe Reader is needed to fill in a form and save it to the NASIS database. |
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Student Programs provide a concise way of labeling students for warnings and flags, as well as program participation. Some options used are for tracking special education students or certain types of graduation students. |
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  NASIS Speak Health Module Terms Condition: Ongoing health issue requiring medical attention or treatment Contact Log: Communication between school staff and student’s contacts regarding health issues Health (Office) Visits: Means of tracking health events and resolutions Health (Program) Flag: Warning identifying health issue visible by staff and teachers at school Screenings: Physicals and checkups linked to participation and eligibility Compliancy: Status indicating whether student met or needed to meet requirements for vaccinations Exemption: Reason why student does not need a particular vaccination Waiver: Reason why student will not receive vaccination despite requirement |
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Interchange Quiz Bowl Winners  Congratulations to the winners! Interchange 1 Danielle Begay (Greyhills) Sharon Adams (Bahweting) Craig Euneau (Lac Courte Oreille Ojibwe) Khara Laducer (Turtle Mountain) Interchange 2 Julie McCabe (Seba Dalkai) Ann Hunter (Little Wound) Leslie & Lydia Hughes (Choctaw) Ryan Cox (Chemewa) More on the Interchange next issue. |
