School Health Program TImeline

1. TIMELINE
Evolution of School Health Programs
HEALTH
EDUCATION
Rhode Island passed the first
legislation to make health education
mandatory
PUBLIC HEALTH AND
PREVENT DISEASE
promote public health and prevent
disease
COOPERATIVE
PROGRAMS
schools in Boston and
Philadelphia established
cooperative programs with
philanthropic organizations to
provide school lunches to fight
malnutrition.
MEDICAL
INSPECTION
Era of Medical Inspection
HEALTH SUPERVISION
AND MEDICAL
INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS
strongly promoted the emerging
concept of coordination among the
medical services, the physical
education, and the health education
programs in schools
JOURNAL OF
EDUCATIONAL
SOCIOLOGY
issue of the Journal of Educational
Sociology was exclusively devoted
to the subject under the theme
“Health Education.”
HIGH SCHOOLS AND
SEX EDUCATION
the U.S. Public Health Service
published a 100-page pamphlet
titled High Schools and Sex
Education.
1850
1890’s
End of 19th Century
1927 1940
1938
1840

2. THE COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAM
Today,
school health has evolved into what is termed a comprehensive school
health program (CSHP). The committee believes that the general goal of
a CSHP is to establish a system of home, school, and community
support to assure that students are provided with a planned sequential
program of study, appropriate services, and a nurturing environment that
promotes the development of healthy, well-educated, productive
citizens.