1. Anita Sego
Spring, 2005

2. Chapter Objectives Define coordinated school health program.
List the ideal members of a school health team.
Explain why a school health program is important.
Identify the major foundations of a coordinated school health program.

3. Chapter Objectives
Define written school health policies and explain their importance to the school health program.
Explain processes for developing and implementing school health pollicies.
List eight major components of a coordinated school health program.
Describe the role of the school health coordinator.

4. Chapter Objectives
Identify those services offered as apart of school health services and explain why schools are logical places to offer such services.
Describe three models for offering school health services.
Explain what is meant by healthy school environment and discuss two major environments.

5. Chapter Objectives Define health education.
List three major instructional patterns for teaching health.
Explain the U. S. Department of Education and the CDC’s Programs that Work projects.
Identify and briefly explain four issues that are faced by school health advocates.

6. Introduction
The school health program is an important component of community health because every citizen must pass through this institution.

7. Definition Coordinated School Health Program Components
An organized set of policies, procedures, and activities designed to protect, promote, and improve the health and well-being of students and staff, thus improving the student’s ability to learn.
Components
school health education - physical education
health services - school nutrition
school environment - family and community
counseling - health promotion
psychological and social services

8. Coordinated School Health Program
Education
Parent/
Community
Involvement
Physical
Education
Health
Services
Health
Promotion for
Staff
Nutrition
Services
Healthy School
Environment
Counseling,
Psychological, and
Social Services

9. School Health Team Students Parents Teachers Administrators
Medical personnel
Maintenance workers
Social workers
Food service workers
Counseling
Personnel
Primary role is to provide coordination of the various component of the coordinated school health program.

10. School Health Team School nurse maintain and review birth records
dispense medications
train others
conduct health follow-ups
help develop school health policies
identify students with medical problems
identify community health resources

11. School Health Team Teacher’s role instruction services school living
coordination

12. Need for School Health
Health of children and their learning are reciprocally related.
Unhealthy child has a difficult time learning
unhealthy child can be disruptive to others
school programs included in Health People 2010
not a panacea

13. School Program Foundations
Support of school administration
Well-organized
school health team
Written school
health policies

14. School Health Policies
Written statements that provide a framework to guide.
Describe the nature of the program and procedures for its implement-ation.
Development
Implementation

15. Comprehensive School Health Components
Administration and Organization
School Health Services
Health appraisals
Emergency services
Prevention & control of communicable diseases,
Healthful School Environment
Physical
Psychosocial
Health Education
includes all health education in the schools

16. School Health Instruction
Community health
Consumer health
Environmental health
Family life
Mental & emotional health
Injury prevention & safety
Nutrition
Personal health
Prevention & control of disease
Substance use & abuse
Growth and development/sexuality

17. Instructional Approaches
Direct
health is taught as a separate discipline
Correlated
health is taught as part of other disciplines, i.e., science, home economics or physical education
Integrated
health is the vehicle through which other disciplines are taught

18. HEALTH Science Math Home Economics Language Arts Physical Education
Social
Studies
Music
Art
Integrated Instructional Approach

19. Concerns & Issues Comprehensive school health programs Controversy
research shows programs work - however they are not in place in all schools although the need is strong
Controversy
based on differing values & religious teachings & over the proper implementing of the curriculum
School-based clinics/School linked clinics
offer comprehensive health services, have met with resistance in certain communities
Violence in Schools
risk factors need to be identified

20. The School Health Program: A Component of Community Health
Chapter 6
The School Health Program:
A Component of Community Health