Coordinated
School Health
A coordinated school health
program (CSHP) model consists of eight
interactive components. Schools by themselves
cannot, and should not be expected to,
address the nation’s most serious
health and social problems. Families,
health care workers, the media, religious
organizations, community organizations
that serve youth, and young people themselves
also must be systematically involved.
However, schools could provide a critical
facility in which many agencies might
work together to maintain the well-being
of young people.
The eight ideal components of a coordinated school health model are :
- Health
Education
-
Physical
Education
-
Health
Services
- Nutrition
Services
- Health
Promotion for Staff
- Counseling
and Psychological Services
- Healthy
School Environment
- Parent/Community
Involvement
Making Your Case
for CSH
The following resources
are available to help you make your case
for coordinated school health programs,
as well as school-based health programs
and services in general.
Promotional Powerpoint & Definitions:
- Making
the Connection: Health and Student
Achievement
– PowerpointPresentation: This powerpoint presentation
developed by the Association of
State and Territorial Health Officials
(ASTHO) and the Society of State
Directors of Health, Physcial Education,
and Recreation (SSDHPR) makes a
compelling case for school health
programs, and suggests that broader
implementation of the components
of coordinated school health programs
would go a long way toward enhancing
the health and educational outcomes
for young eople. (Note: Link leads
to online powerpoint presentation
that can be saved to your computer
or opened in your browser).
- CDC
Division of Adolescent and School
Health- Working
descriptions of the eight components
of an ideal Coordinated School Health
Program, and elements of a comprehensive
health education curriculum
General Overviews of
School Health & Academic Success
- Healthy
Schools Healthy Kids
, AmericanSchool Board Journal – Available
from the National School Boards
Association online database of
school health information
- Improving
the Odds
: The Untapped Powerof Schools to Improve the Health
of Teens
- Kid’s
Health, Inc. – Linking
Health and Academic Achievement Fact
Sheet
Databases
- School
Health Resource Database – National
School Board Association
. Containsmore than 3,000 items, including
sample policies, articles, and
training tools, that address health
issues affecting schools and students.
Emphasis is given to topics that
are targeted by funding received
from the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
Adolescent & School
Health Research Studies
- NEA
Success Quick Facts, Statistics,
and Bibliobraphies Linking Health
issues and school-based services
to academic success
- Adolescent
Health & Academic Achievement
Study
– The Population ResearchCenter, University of Texas at
Austin. This study will examine
the effects of school and curricular
changes on the cognitive and psychosocial
development, attitudes behaviors
and achievement of adolescents
in the 1990s and compare this period
with the preceding and subsequent
decades.
- The
National Longitudinal Study of
Adolescent Health
(Add Health)– Add Health is a nationally representative
study, conducted since 1994, that
explores the causes of health-related
behaviors of adolescents in grades
7 through 12 and their outcomes
in young adulthood. Add Health
seeks to examine how social contexts
(families, friends, peers, schools,
neighborhoods, and communities)
influence adolescents’ health and
risk behaviors.