Promoting the Health of Young People Through Schools

1. Promoting the Health of Young People Through Schools Elizabeth Coke Haller, M.Ed. Division of Adolescent and School Health Philadelphia, MississippiJanuary 11, 2006

2. CDC’s 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

3. Source: Talking About Health is Academic, 1999

4. 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

5. 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

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

7. 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

8. 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

9. Six Key Health Risk Behaviors for Students • Intentional and unintentional injuries • Sexual risk behaviors • Alcohol/drug use • Tobacco use • Physical inactivity • Poor eating habits

10. Coordinated School Health Programs and InitiativesARE… THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS!

11. 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

12. CSHPs…Not one more thing to do but another way to do our thing.

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

14. CSHP Are… Systematic in its Approach • Assess needs and resources • Prioritize • Plan • Implement • Monitor, evaluate, and refine

15. TEAMWORK IS…CRITICAL forTEAM SUCCESS

16. 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

17. CSHP Are… Rigorous • Builds on accurate data • Utilizes sound science • Aims to eliminate gaps and redundancies

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19. 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 Help Identify Our 10 TEAMmates

20. 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 TEAMmates are Critically Important to Success

21. CSHP Requires: Designated Leader • Communicates with decision makers • Represents school health leadership • Facilitates CSHP coordination &improvement • Maintains other supports • Policies • Resources • Communications

22. CSHP Leadership Roles & Responsibilities • Develop • Coordinate • Enhance • Diffuse • Maintain • Link • Plan

23. CSHP Utilizes: Participatory Leadership • Lead Health Coordinator • Health Promotion Team • Interdisciplinary School Health Coordinating Council • Community School Health Coordinating Council

24. CSHP Requires: Strategic Planning • Involving people • Assessment behavior / problems / programs • Planning • Implementation • Evaluation

25. CSHP Requires: Professional Development • Inservice training • Initial training • Booster training • Technical assistance • Peer coaching • Organizational support • Involvement in program planning

26. TOOLS & RESOURCESCDC/DASH & National Partners

28. 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 Michigan’s Exemplary Physical Education Curriculum

31. 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

33. School Health Councils

34. http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/keystrategies

37. http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth

38. School Health Program Funding Database

39. Why Support a Coordinated Approach to School Health. Washington, D.C.: CCSSO and ASTHO, 1999

40. 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

41. Questions&Comments

42. Promoting the Health of Young People Through Schools Elizabeth Coke Haller, M.Ed. Division of Adolescent and School Health ehaller@cdc.gov