Capital Health School Health Services

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Capital HealthSchool Health Services
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• VISION Every school-aged child or youth is a
  part of a healthy school community

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The Capital Health Context

• 5 Student Health Integrated Partnerships
  SHiPsEdmonton and area (ESHIP)Leduc and area
  (LASHIP)Parkland and area (PEASHIP)St. Albert
  and area (SAASHIP) Tri-regional (TriSHIP)

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The Capital Health Context

• 13 school districts( Black Gold Regional
  Schools, Conseil Scolaire Centre Nord, Edmonton
  Catholic Schools, Edmonton Public Schools, Elk
  Island Catholic Schools, Elk Island Public
  Schools, Evergreen Catholic Separate Regional
  Division, Grand Yellowhead Regional Division,
  Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools, Parkland
  School Division, St. Albert Protestant Schools,
  St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Schools,
  Sturgeon School Division)
• 540 schools
• 200,000 students

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Community Health Services

• School Health Nursing
• Speech and Language Services
• Regional Pediatric Developmental Mental Health
• Dental Oral Health

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Partnerships

• Mental Health Capacity Building Grants
• Alberta Healthy Schools Community Wellness
  Grants- 35 project proposals submitted from
  partners within the Capital region

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Comprehensive School HealthHealth Promoting
SchoolsSchool Health Promotion
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Population Health Initiatives

• Regional, community, and school level
  initiatives
• Injury Prevention
• Tobacco Reduction
• Health Eating Active Living
• Mental Well Being

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Past Successes

• Sugar shocker kit
• Portion wise kit
• Fat wise kit
• All included as resources within The Case

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Success Factors

• Need identified at the front line
• Resources developed with parents /or teachers in
  mind
• Community involvement
• Partnership initiatives

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Success Factors

• Comprehensive approach
• Teaching kits displays
• Health Talk newsletter
• Parent education sessions
• School PA announcements
• Website information teacher resource list,
  feature articles, helpful links
  (www.capitalhealth.ca/schoolsandpreschools)

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Future Successes

• Mental Health Promotion Kit - 11 lesson plans
  and interactive activities for grades 4-6 to
  meet specific objectives of the Health and
  Lifeskills Curriculum - Developed in
  partnership (Capital Health, two school
  divisions, CMHA, Hope Foundation)

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Expecting Respect

• Peer education program that gives youth skills
  (leadership) and information
• Focus on healthy relationships, bullying,
  addictions, tobacco reduction
• Partnership project (AADAC, City of Edmonton
  Community Services, Capital Health, other
  agencies/foundations/grants)

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Tip of the Iceberg

• The examples of excellent programs and
  partnerships for improving the health of our
  students are too plentiful to list as they
  occur- within individual classrooms- within
  champion schools- within supportive school
  districts- within committed community programs
  - within focused divisions of health

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Tip of the Iceberg

• The challenging that exists for all of us is
  channeling and coordinating these efforts to
  achieve the best outcomes for students through a
  comprehensive approach