Advocacy:

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Advocacy

• Your Program,
• An Administrator
• YOU

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Andy Warhol

• 15 minutes of fame

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Be careful what you ask for Because you just
might get it
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Everything I needed to know, I learned in
Kindergarten
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Universal Playground Rules

• Tell me the rules
• Dont change the rules

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The Golden Rules

• Be factual, be brief but come often
• Include budget resources
• No surprises
• Image is everything
• Involve students

• Invite, involve and inform
• Acknowledge administrative support
• Make it appear to be their idea
• Connect health with academic achievement
• Make it appear to be their idea

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Decision Making Model

• Name of Issue ( 1 line)
• Background
• ( 3 sentences)
• - history
• - current status
• - effects
• Talking Points

• Options for Solutions
• - pros (2-3)
• - cons (2-3)
• Recommendations
• - budget
• - timeline
• - resources

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Be An Action Hero
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The Box Score

• 6 million children are seriously overweight
• Fewer than 1 in 4 children get 20 minutes of
  vigorous activity every day
• 100 BILLION associaterd with hypokinetic diseases

• 27 of children aged 5-10 with 1 or more adverse
  heart disease or diabetes risk factors
• 61 of overweight children aged 5-10 with 1 or
  more adverse heart disease or diabetes risk
  factors

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Healthy People 2010Leading Health Indicators

• Reflect major public health concerns in US
• Availability of data to measure progress
• Relevance as broad public health issues

• Physical activity
• Overweight and obesity

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Tipping Points

• Lack of exercise and poor diet are the leading
  causes of death in the US after tobacco
• More deaths are caused by lack of exercise and
  poor diet than by infectious disease, firearms,
  motor vehicles and illicit drug use COMBINED!

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Philosophical Overview

• Plato
• Republic
• Mens Sana in Corpore Sano
• Healthy mind in a healthy body
• Movement offers people distinct behavioral,
  developmental and educational opportunities

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A Coordinated Approach to Student Wellness
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Is student health the missing piece in school
reform?
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Good Health is Necessary forAcademic Success
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How do the components of a coordinated school
health program impact behavior or academic
achievement?
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P H Y S I C A L E D U C A T I O N

• Physical activity is positively associated with
  academic performance
• Dwyer, Blizzard, and Dean, 1996

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P H Y S I C A L E D U C A T I O N

• Students who participated in school physical
  education programs did not experience a harmful
  effect on their standardized test scores, though
  less time was available for other academic
  subjects
• Sallis, McKenzie, Kolody, Lewis,
• Marshall, and Rosengard, 1999
• Shephard, 1996
• Dwyer, Coonan, Leitch, Hetzel,
• and Baghurst, 1983

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Recommended Amounts of Physical Activity and
Education

• Physical Activity
• - at least 60 minutes and up to several hours a
  day of physical activity (NASPE)
• - 5 or more days per week
• - may be cumulative (not all at once)
• Physical Education
• - ES at least 150 minutes per week
• - MS HS at least 225 minutes per week (NASPE)
• - class loads (PTR) comparable to other
  classrooms

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RESOURCES         www.aahperd.org www.cdc/dash
.org www.naspeinfo.org www.pecentral.org www.peli
nks4u.org www.pe4life.org www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth
/physicalactivity www.actionforhealthykids.org www
.fitness.gov www.nchs www.cde.ca.gov/statetests/pe
/pe.html www.thesociety.org       Dwyer, T.,
Sallis, J., Blizzard, L., Lazarus, R., Dean, K.
Relation of Academic Performance to Physical
Activity and Fitness in Children. Pediatric
Exercise Science, 13225-237, 2001.   Symons, C.,
Cinelli, B., James, T., Groff, P. Bridging
Student Health Risks and Academic Achievement
Through Comprehensive School Health Programs.
Journal of School Health. 67,6220-227, 1997.  
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Healthy children make better students, and
better students make healthy communities.