COORDINATED-SCHOOL-HEALTH-PROGRAMS.pptx

1. COORDINATED SCHOOL HEALTH
PROGRAMS

2. COORDINATED SCHOOL HEALTH
PROGRAM
An organized set of policies, procedures,
and activities designed to protect,
promote, and improve the health and
well-being of students and staff, thus
improving the student’s ability to learn.

3. 8 COMPONENTS
OF COORDINATED
SCHOOL HEALTH
PROGRAM

4. 1. HEALTH EDUCATION
 Implement health education that provides students with the
knowledge, and skills, needed for healthy eating and physical
activity that can increase the likelihood that students engage
in healthy behaviors and avoid or reduce health risks to
become successful learners and productive adults.
 Health education instruction in all grades
 Sequential health education curriculum

5. It is recommended that health
education
 Be culturally appropriate for all students.
 Have a clear set of behavioral outcomes.
 Be based on national standards.
 Follow a planned progression in health lessons that are
appropriate for the age, growth, and development of students.
 Be consistent with scientific evidence and effectiveness.
 Active learning strategies

6. It is recommended that health
education
 Instructional methods should be interactive and
encourage
student participation through teacher demonstrations,
teacher role modeling of healthy behavior,
student rehearsal and teacher feedback (role-playing), and
goal setting for behavior change

7. 2. SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES
 Are services designed to appraise, protect and promote
students’ health
 Schools are ideal place for providing health services
 because students spend majority of their day in schools,
schools are responsible for students’ physical health, mental
health, and safety during the school day.
 because students; academic success and well-being are
intertwined with their physical and mental health and safety

8. School Health Services provided
mainly by:
 School staff who provide these services include nurses,
physicians, dentists, counselors, psychologists, social
workers, and sometimes psychiatrists to develop plans to
address student health problems
 School nurses, especially, play a critical role in coordinating
student health care services. Schools should have one full-
time nurse for every 750 students.

10. Examples of School Health Services
offered in schools:
 Health appraisal of school
children and school personnel
 Remedial measures and follow-
up
 Prevention of communicable
diseases
 Healthful school environment
 Nutritional services
 First aid and emergency care
 Mental health
 Dental health
 Eye health
 Health education
 Education of handicapped
 Proper maintenance and use
of school health records

11. 3. HEALTHY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT
 The school as the second home of the students is
mandated to provide a healthy physical environment
to ensure maximum learning. A healthy physical
environment may mean spacious classroom, enough
desks, adequate 11 lighting and ventilation, safe
water, clean toilets and a provision of playground can
help promote total learning.

12. 4. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
 Implement a comprehensive, school-based
physical activity program with quality physical
education as the cornerstone.
 Physical Education involves a planned, sequential
K12 Curriculum that provides cognitive content
and learning experiences in a variety of activity

13. 4. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
 More importantly, the students need to understand that
physical activity is critical to the development and
maintenance of good health.
 CDC recommends 150 minutes of physical education per
week.
 Federal physical activity guidelines state that children and
adolescents should participate in at least 60 minutes of
physical activity daily.

14. Special considerations:
 Individualized physical activity and fitness plans
 Health-related physical fitness
 Promote participation in the community physical activities
 Address special health care needs
 Playgrounds meet safety standards
 Professional development for teachers
 Support walking and bicycling to school

16. 5. NUTRITION SERVICES
 Provide a quality school meal program and ensure that students
have only appealing, healthy food choices offered outside of the
school meal program.
 Schools are in a unique position to promote healthy dietary
behaviors and help ensure a quality diet among their students.
 School offer school meals (breakfast and lunch programs) that is
fully accessible to all students
 Variety of offerings in school meals such as fruits, whole grain-rich
food items and food that address the cultural practices

18. Requirement of Nutrition Services
 School nutrition services staff be trained at food safety,
nutrition standards, updates in school meals, food sensitivities
and allergies
 Clean, safe, pleasant cafeteria
 Preparedness for food emergencies such as severe food allergy
reactions and choking
 Farm to School activities

20. 6. SCHOOL COUNSELING,
PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND SOCIAL SERVICES
 Individual and group assessments, interventions, and
referrals.
 Professionals such as certified school counselors,
psychologists, and social workers provide these services.
 Organizational assessment and consultation skills of
counselors and psychologists contribute not only to the
health of students but also to the health of the school
environment.

21. 6. SCHOOL COUNSELING,
PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND SOCIAL SERVICES
 School counseling and psychological services are capable
of intervening in areas of:
 assertiveness training
 life skills training,
 peer interaction,
 self esteem,
 problem solving and
 conflict resolution.

22. 7. HEALTH PROMOTION FOR STAFF
 Schools are one of the nations largest employers
 CDC recommends to implement a Health promotion for staff
members
 Health assessments for staff members (provide accessible
and free or low-cost health assessments at least once a year)
 Breastfeeding policy

23. 7. HEALTH PROMOTION FOR STAFF
 Promote staff member participation in health
promotion programs
 Stress management programs for staff
 Training for staff members on conflict resolution
 Training for staff members on first aid and CPR
 Programs for staff members on physical activity/fitness

24. 7. HEALTH PROMOTION FOR STAFF
 Programs for staff members on healthy
eating/weight management
 Modeling healthy eating and physical activity
behaviors
 Programs for staff members on tobacco-use
cessation

25. THE RATIONALE FOR STAFF HEALTH
PROMOTION:
 Keeping employees healthy will result in:
 Decreased health care costs for staff
 Decreased absenteeism
 Increased job satisfaction

26. 8. FAMILY AND COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT
 School, families, and community members influence the
growth and development of students and share responsibility
for nurturing students into becoming healthy and productive
adults.
 Communication with families to participate in school health
programs
 Effective parenting strategies such as praising and rewarding
desirable behavior
 Family and community involvement in school decision making

27. ACTIVITY 1
 Select a leader and a recorder.
 The leader facilitates the group discussion on the topic assigned.
 The recorder writes and reports to the group the important points from the
discussion shared by each member.
 The group brainstorms and agrees on the creative concept map.
 The group prepares a powerpoint presentation of their concept map.
 The group assigns the group presenter.