Building a Healthier Future Through School Health Programs |
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Contents
The Critical Need for Effective School Health Programs
Promising Practices for School Health Programs
- Coordinate Multiple Components and Use Multiple Strategies.
- Coordinate the Activities of Health and Education Agencies and Other Organizations Working to Improve the Health of Young People.
- Implement the School Health Guidelines.
- Use a Program Planning Process to Achieve Health Promotion Goals.
Eight Priority Actions for Improving the Health of Young People
- Priority 1. Monitor Critical Health-Related Behaviors Among Young People and the Effectiveness of School Policies and Programs in Promoting Health-Enhancing Behaviors and Better Health.
- Priority 2. Establish and Maintain Dedicated Program-Management and Administrative-Support Systems.
- Priority 3. Build Effective Partnerships Among State-Level Governmental and Nongovernmental Agencies and Organizations.
- Priority 4. Establish Policies to Help Local Schools Effectively Implement Coordinated School Health Programs and the School Health Guidelines.
- Priority 5. Establish a Technical-Assistance and Resource Plan that Will Provide Local School Districts with the Help They Need to Effectively Implement School Health Guidelines.
- Priority 6. Implement Health Communications Strategies to Inform Decision Makers and the Public About the Role of School Health Programs in Promoting Health and Academic Success Among Young People.
- Priority 7. Develop a Professional Development Plan for School Officials and Others Responsible for Establishing Coordinated School Health Programs and Implementing the School Health Guidelines.
- Priority 8. Establish a System for Evaluating and Continuously Improving State and Local School Health Programs.
