Coordinated School Health Indian Health Service Health Education
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Coordinated School Health Indian Health Service Health Education Program
What is Coordinated School Health? Framework for Coordinating School Health • This coordinated school health framework centers around eight critical, interrelated components: • Health education • Physical education • Health services • Mental health and social services • Nutrition services • Healthy and safe environment • Family and community involvement • Staff wellness Individually, each of these components can contribute to students’ health and well-being. However, when all of the individual components work together to support the adoption of health-enhancing behaviors, students’ health and learning are improved.
Health Education – Is it is just for rainy days? Got a Health Book? School Environment: noise pollution, trash removal, playground safety Student Counseling A/SA, behavior problems, Staff HPDP Student Health: medications, Immunizations, sick, hearing, Eye screening Current School Health: DISJOINTED? UNFOCUSED? Nutrition: cafeteria menu/food, portion control, education, choices PE Teacher: Community Parents HPDP Fun, through fitness, problem student, weight control
CSH= A Healthy Student Health Education Student Counseling Staff HPDP Physical Education School Environment Parent, Community HPDP Student Health Nutrition
Resources • More school health resources are available at the Health Education website at www. ihs. gov. • And at: http: //www. cdc. gov/Healthy. Youth/CSHP/
Contact: Mary. Wachacha@ihs. gov
