Promoting the Health of Young People Through Schools

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Promoting the Health of Young People Through
Schools

• Elizabeth Coke Haller, M.Ed.
• Division of Adolescent and School Health
• Philadelphia, MississippiJanuary 11, 2006

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CDCs Division of Adolescent and School Health

• Enabling partners to plan and implement effective
  policies and programs
• Identifying and monitoring health risk behaviors
  and school health policies and programs
• Evaluating the effectiveness of policies and
  programs
• Synthesizing and applying research

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Source Talking About Health is Academic, 1999
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Coordinated School Health Program
Physical Education
Health Education
Family and Community Involvement
Health Services
Health Promotion for Staff
Nutrition Services
Healthy School Environment
Health Education
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State CSHP Goals

• Establish high-level staffing in SEA and SHA to
  coordinate, implement, and evaluate school health
  programs
• Establish and implement professional development
  plans for school health staff
• Strengthen school health policies
• Improve curricula and instruction
• Involve families and communities in CSHP

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Session Objectives

• Defining Coordinated School Health Programs
• Impact of Coordinated School Health Programs on
  the Academic Success of Students
• Accessible Programs and Tools

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Why Schools?

• Most young people are enrolled in school
• Health programs have long been part of the school
  experience
• School health programs can improve students
• Health knowledge, attitudes, and skills
• Health behaviors and health outcomes
• Social outcomes
• Educational outcomes

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Relationship Between Health and Education

• No educational tool is more essential than good
  health.
• Council of Chief State School Officers
• Health and success in school are interrelated.
  Schools cannot achieve their primary mission of
  education if students and staff are not healthy
  and fit physically, mentally, and socially.
• National Association of State Boards of Education

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Six Key Health Risk Behaviors for Students

• Intentional and unintentional injuries
• Sexual risk behaviors
• Alcohol/drug use
• Tobacco use
• Physical inactivity
• Poor eating habits

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Coordinated School Health Programs and
InitiativesARE

• THE WAY WE DO
• BUSINESS!

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Coordinated School Health Program
Physical Education
Health Education
Family and Community Involvement
Health Services
Health Promotion for Staff
Nutrition Services
Healthy School Environment
Health Education
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CSHPsNot one more thing to do but another way
to do our thing.
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CSHP Are

• Centered on the Needs of Our Children
• Increase connectedness
• Identify and build upon youth assets
• Develop life skills and sense of competence

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CSHP Are

• Systematic in its Approach
• Assess needs and resources
• Prioritize
• Plan
• Implement
• Monitor, evaluate, and refine

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TEAMWORK ISCRITICAL forTEAM SUCCESS
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CSHP Are

• Built on a Team Effort
• Coordination between School Health Councils and
  School Health Teams
• Partnerships
• Involvement of students, families, and
  communities
• Link to School Improvement Plan, School-Based
  Site Management

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CSHP Are

• Rigorous
• Builds on accurate data
• Utilizes sound science
• Aims to eliminate gaps and redundancies

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10VolunteersNeededUpfront
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Help Identify Our 10 TEAMmates

• Turkey Hat
• Pedometer/Hat
• Jump Rope/Hat
• Umbrella
• Tie
• Backpack

• Toothbrush/paste and Sun Lotion
• Band-Aids/Gloves
• Healthy Snacks/SMART Break Cap
• Fire Hat/Shirt

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• TEAMmates are Critically Important to Success

• One person can not serve the team solo
• One person is not the expert for all 8 components
• One person can not share the message and educate
  for all programs
• One person can not represent the other areas
  every voice is valued and every voice is valuable
• There is no I in TEAM

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CSHP Requires Designated Leader

• Communicates with decision makers
• Represents school health leadership
• Facilitates CSHP coordination improvement
• Maintains other supports
• Policies
• Resources
• Communications

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CSHP Leadership Roles Responsibilities

• Develop
• Coordinate
• Enhance
• Diffuse
• Maintain
• Link
• Plan

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CSHP Utilizes Participatory Leadership

• Lead Health Coordinator
• Health Promotion Team
• Interdisciplinary School Health Coordinating
  Council
• Community School Health Coordinating Council

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CSHP Requires Strategic Planning

• Involving people
• Assessment behavior / problems / programs
• Planning
• Implementation
• Evaluation

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CSHP Requires Professional Development

• Inservice training
• Initial training
• Booster training
• Technical assistance
• Peer coaching
• Organizational support
• Involvement in program planning

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TOOLS RESOURCES CDC/DASH National Partners
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Evaluation Research

• Innovative School Nutrition Intervention
  Evaluations
• Nutritional Quality of Foods and Beverages
  Available in School Vending Machines in Rhode
  Island
• Mississippi Fruit and Vegetable Pilot Program
• Evaluation of Michigans Exemplary Physical
  Education Curriculum

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National Initiative to Improve Adolescent Health

• Co-facilitated by CDC/DASH and HRSA/MCHB/OAH
• Key partners include
• Professional membership associations
• University-based grantees
• State Adolescent Health Coordinator Network

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School Health Councils
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http//www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/keystrategies
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http//www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth
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School Health Program Funding Database
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Why Support a Coordinated Approach to School
Health. Washington, D.C. CCSSO and ASTHO, 1999
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School Health Programs An Investment In Our
Future

• Schools could do more than perhaps any other
  single institution in society to help young
  people, and the adults they will become, to live
  healthier, longer, more satisfying, and more
  productive lives.
• Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development

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Promoting the Health of Young People Through
Schools

• Elizabeth Coke Haller, M.Ed.
• Division of Adolescent and School Health
• ehaller_at_cdc.gov