Formed in 1906, it involved reformers and politicians of the Progressive movement era, and was active in school health and advocacy issues until its last congress in 1921.
[1][2] ASCHA had its birth with a New York City meeting of health care and school personnel on December 3, 1906.
"[1][2] The stated goal of the association was: "that in every city and town adequate provision should be made, both for the sanitary inspection of schools and for medical inspection, the latter to include not only inspection for contagious diseases, but also of eyes, ears, teeth, throat, and nose, and of general physical condition ... That all schools having courses for the training of teachers should give instruction in (a) personal and school hygiene, and (b) the principles and practice of physical training, and that each of these subjects should be given as much time as the major subjects in the course."
Founding members included Hermann Biggs, Irving Fisher, Henry Goddard, Luther Gulick, and Adolf Meyer.
"[1] In 1912, it partnered with the American Medical Association (AMA) to establish "teaching of practical physiology and hygiene in public and private schools.