Research and Data Supporting Links Between School Health and Academic Achievement

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Research and Data Supporting Links Between School
Health and Academic Achievement

• Barb Sullivan
• Baltimore County Public Schools
• 410-887-4014

Lynne Weise Maryland State Dept of Education
410-767-0353
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CSHP is about

• Involving parents
• Keeping kids healthy over time
• Supporting a students capacity to learn
• Imparting skills, knowledge and judgment to help
  kids make smart choices for life
• Reinforcing positive behaviors throughout the day
• Making it clear good health and learning go hand
  in hand

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How Does CSHP Affect Academic Achievement?
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Physical Education

• Physical education leads to both higher academic
  achievement (GPA) and self-esteem
• Exercise is associated with improved academic
  outcomes

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School Nutrition Services

• Hunger students perform lower on standardized
  test scores
• Literature shows a negative impact of poor
  nutrition on learning outcomes
• School-based breakfast and lunch programs

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School-based Breakfast and Lunch Programs

• Increase school attendance
• Increased class participation
• Improve emotional behavior
• Increase academic achievement

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Healthy School Environment

• Teachers methods of instruction improve
  children's
• Attitudes toward school
• Behavior at school
• Academic achievement

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Healthy School Environment

• Violent environments cause children to have many
  physical health problems which interfere with
  learning
• Violence leads to absenteeism

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School-site Health Promotion for Staff

• Reduce health care costs
• Reduce employee absenteeism
• Improve productivity and morale
• Increase staff s physical fitness
• Lower blood pressure and weight
• Increase stress management skills

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Family and School Involvement in Schools

• When parents are involved in their student's
  education, students show
• Higher grades and test scores
• Better attendance
• More consistently completed homework
• Higher graduation rates
• Higher rates of postsecondary education

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School-site Health Promotion for Staff

• Students benefit from having healthy teachers
  because
• Teachers are more energetic
• Teachers are absent less often
• The school climate is more optimistic

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School Health Services

• Good health can determine a childs ability to
  learn and succeed in school
• School-based health services decrease rates of
  drop-out, increase attendance, and lead to higher
  graduation rates

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Family and School Involvement in Schools

• Students feel competent and do well in school
  when
• Community resources are available
• Family support exists
• Schools work in partnership with student and
  their families
• Schools, families, and communities deliver clean
  and consistent messages

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School Counseling, Psychological, and Social
Services

• One child in four is at risk of failure in school
  because of social, emotional, and health
  handicaps
• School failure and academic behavior problems are
  two of the best predictors of school dropout

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Comprehensive Health Education

• Health instruction improves health knowledge,
  attitudes, and behaviors.

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Final exam

• What does this all mean?

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Answer

• Healthy kids
• Make better students,
• And
• Better students make
• Healthy communities

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Answer

• A coordinated school health program increases
  academic achievements and increase healthy
  behaviors!

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Answers

• A coordinated school health program empowers
  students with the knowledge, skills and judgment
  to help them make smart choices in live.

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• Exercise and recreationare as necessary as
  reading. I will rather say more necessary,
  because health is worth more than learning
• Thomas Jefferson

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• How to plan for CSHP http//www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/d
  ash/coordinated.htm
• Centers for Disease Control http//www2.cdc.gov/n
  ccdphp/shpfp/index.asp
• Maryland school Improvement http//mdk12.org/
• HHS http//raceandhealth.hhs.gov/
• School Health Index K-12 http//www.cdc.gov/nccd
  php/dash/SHI/index.htm

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SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and
Drug Information http//www.health.org/Searc
h Institute http//www.search-institute.org/resea
rch/YRBS http//www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/risk.htmN
ASBE http//www.nasbe.org/maryland.htmNASBA
School Health http//nsba.org/schoolhealth The
Community Toolbox
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Community Health Status Indicators Project
http//www.communityhealth.hrsa.gov/searchCounty.a
spJHU Center for Adolescent Health
http//www.jhsph.edu/hao/cah/communications.htmsh
aringMD DHMH Community Public Health
Administration http//mdpublichealth.org/html/pre
vent.htmlHealthy People 2010 http//www.health.g
ov/healthypeople/Data/Public Education Health
Surveyshttp//www.publiceducation.org/health/tool
s/surveys.htm
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ReCAPP focuses on Managing Controversy related to
teen sexuality and preventing pregnancy and
sexually transmitted infections
http//www.etr.org/recapp/stats/index.htm
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Research and Data Supporting Links Between School
Health and Academic Achievement

• Barb Sullivan
• Baltimore County Public Schools
• 410-887-4014

Lynne Weise Maryland State Dept of Education
410-767-0353