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Partners For Healthy Children
A discussion of the
benefits of Comprehensive
School Health Program
Mission Statement
The American Cancer Society is the
Nationwide Community-based Voluntary
Health Organization Dedicated to Eliminating
Cancer as a Major Health Problem by
Preventing Cancer, Saving Lives and
Diminishing Suffering From Cancer, Through
Research, Education, Advocacy, and
Service.
American Cancer Society’s
2015 Goals:
•Decrease cancer incidence by 25%
•Decrease cancer mortality by 50%
•Measurably improve quality of life for cancer
patients
Primary Focus on Cancer Prevention
•Health risk behaviors
begin in childhood and
persist into adulthood.
•Many of these behaviors
place adults at risk for
cancer.
•To prevent many
cancers we need to
prevent young people
from engaging in health
risk behaviors.
“Schools have more influence on the lives of
young people than any other social institution
except the family and provide a setting in which
friendship networks develop, socialization occurs,
and norms that govern behavior are developed
and reinforced.”
Healthy People 2010, U.S. Department
The Link Between Health
And Learning
"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.”
Fit, Healthy, and Ready to Learn: Part 1 –
Physical Activity, Healthy Eating, and Tobacco Use
Prevention, 2000
Academic performance is
compromised by poor health.
Physical Inactivity and Poor Diet contribute to risk factors for heart
disease, diabetes, obesity, and cancer.
• 27% of children age 5-10 have 1 or more heart
disease risk factors
• 1 in 3 children born in the year 2000 will develop
Type II Diabetes (based on current trends)
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
The Vision of Healthy
Schools
The implementation of an integrated approach which
promotes the betterment of academic performance by
supporting good nutrition and physical activity as part of a
total learning environment.
Accomplished with the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention’s (CDC) Coordinated School Health Program
The Fragmented Approach to School and Community
Programs
What is a Coordinated School Health Program
(CSHP)?
An integrated
framework for
delivering
coordinated and
consistent
messages to kids
in our schools and
communities
Family &
Community
Involvement
Comprehensive
School
Health
Education
School-site
Health
Promotion for
Staff
Healthy
School
Environment
Physical
Education
School
Health
Services
Nutrition
Services
Counseling,
Psychological &
Social Services
Family and Community
Involvement
Students whose parents are involved in
their education show:
– Significantly greater
achievement gains in reading
and math than students with
uninvolved parents
– Better attendance
– More consistently completed
homework
• Henderson, 1987; Shaver
and Walls, 1998
Comprehensive School Health
Education
Students who participate in
health education classes that
use effective curricula:
– Increase their health
knowledge and improve their
health skills and behaviors
• Connell, Turner, and Mason,
1985
– Decrease risky behaviors
relative to the program
• Botvin, Griffin, Diaz, IfillWilliams, 2001
• Dent, Sussman, Stacy, Craig,
Burton, and Flay, 1995
Physical Education
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
School Health Services
Designed to promote the health of
students, identify and prevent
health problems and injuries, and
ensure care for students
Includes preventive services,
education, emergency care, referral
and management of acute and
chronic health conditions
• Health is Academic, 1998
Nutrition Services
Food-insufficient children (ages 6 to 11)
are more likely to:
receive lower math scores
repeat a grade
visit a psychologist
have difficulty getting along with other
children
• Alaimo, Olson, and Frongillo, 2001
Counseling, Psychological and
Social Services
Children who participated in a social
service intervention aimed at
promoting student success by
improving parent-child and parentteacher communication resulted in
improved academic performance
Bowen, 1999
Healthy School Environment
The physical, emotional, and
social climate of the school
Designed to provide a safe
physical place, as well as a
healthy and supportive
environment that fosters learning
Health is Academic, 1998
School Site Health Promotion for Staff
Teachers who participated in a health
promotion program focusing on exercise,
stress management, and nutrition
reported:
Increased participation in exercise
and lower weight
–Better ability to handle job stress
–A higher level of general well-being
• Blair, Collingwood, Reynolds, Smith, Hagan, and
Sterling, 1984
Schools must reduce the frequency
of conflicting health messages that
contribute to risk behaviors:
1. Tobacco use
4. Injuries
2. Poor dietary habits
5. Physical activity
3. Alcohol/drug use
6. Sexual behavior
Conflicting Messages:
•Unhealthy fundraisers
•Unhealthy food and beverages in vending
machines
•Tobacco use
•Decreased time for health education,
physical education, and promotion of life long
skills for healthy living
•Inconsistent use of conflict resolution skills
In Addition, Did You Know?
 Scientific evidence suggests that about 1/3 of the cancer deaths
that occur in the US each year are due to nutrition and physical
activity factors, including obesity.
 Data from the Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals
(1994-1996, 1998) indicated that the consumption of snack
foods has doubled in the last 20 years.
 In the United States, obesity has risen at an epidemic rate
during the past 20 years. Research indicates that the situation is
worsening rather than improving (CDC, 2001).
 The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey showed in 2001
less than ¼ (21.4%) of US high school students ate five or more
vegetables and fruits per day.
Students who engage in positive
health behaviors have:
 Improved attendance
 Better grades
 Higher graduation rates
 Increased standardized test scores
 Lower dropout rates
 Fewer behavioral problems at school
 More participation in school activities
 Higher aspirations for post secondary
education
What are the Goals of a CSHP?
Keep kids healthy over
time;
Support students’
capacity to learn;
Impart skills, knowledge
and judgment to help
students make healthy
choices for life;
Reinforce positive
behaviors throughout the
day;
Involve parents;
How To Make A Coordinated
Approach Happen ...
 Organize a school health council to coordinate
the school health program
– Many schools are already implementing some
components of CSHP
– Initially it may seem difficult
– There are no set rules…consider what will
work best in your school community
What Is A School Health Council?
 An advisory body comprised of faculty and staff
from the coordinated school health program
– School nurses; health educators; physical
educators; administrators; counselors;
food service personnel
 Additional members
– Parents; members of community health
agencies; faith community; local
businesses; students
 Members should be committed to the health
of children and youth
What Do School Health
Councils Do?
 Provide support for health-related activities to
reduce the targeted CDC risk behaviors
 Conduct assessments to determine
– Student health needs and interests
– Availability of health personnel and
resources
– Current program offerings
– Parental concerns regarding student health
What Do School Health
Councils Do?
 Promote adoption of health-enhancing school policies
 Support selection, writing and revision of health
curriculum
 Assist individual schools to identify health needs
 Support school health activities
– Health fairs, informational workshops, staff
development workshops
 Develop advocacy activities
– Public speaking, letter writing, publicity
campaigns
How Can School Administrators
Help?
 Help to start a school health council in your district
 Be a good role model by practicing healthy
behaviors
 Review and revise health policies in your district
– Food and beverage availability
– Tobacco policy
– Vending and fund-raising
– Safe physical environment
– Safe emotional environment
How Can School
Administrators Help?
 Support staff development for members of the
school health council
 Use the National Health Education Standards to
revise the health education curriculum
 Support budget needs of the health council
The Goals
 Healthy students!
 Healthy staff!
 Healthy schools!
 Healthy families!
 To accomplish these goals, parents, schools, and
communities must become partners in providing
consistent health messages.
Benefits of a School Health Council
• Improve overall health
education
• Link schools with
community health resources
• Provide a means for
improving school health
policies and programs
• Educate the community
about the school and health
issues
• Increase parent and
community involvement in
the school
The American Cancer Society Supports
School Health Because:
• Health education in schools can help to
prevent cancer.
• Health education in the classroom must be
reinforced and coordinated with other
components of the school health program.
• A coordinated school health program can
lead to healthier students and communities,
and can ultimately reduce cancer risks.
THANK YOU!!!
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“Never doubt that a small group of committed
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only thing that ever has.”
~ Margaret Mead