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Building Infrastructure for Coordinated School Health
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Coordinated School Health (Eight Components)
- Parent/community involvement
- Health education
- Physical education
- Health promotion for staff
- Health services
- Nutrition services
- Psychological/counseling services
- Healthful environment
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Image of "Building Infrastructure for Coordinated School Health" publication.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Funds California Department of Education (CDE) and Department of Health Services (DHS) (and 20 other states)
- Focuses on six health behaviors, established during youth that continue through adulthood and that contribute to 70 percent of preventable illness and death among adults
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Purpose of the Blueprint
- Create a joint effort of public and private agencies, individuals, communities
- Improve implementation of coordinated school health
- Strengthen the four infrastructure supports
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Building Infrastructure for Coordinated School Health
Maximize "infrastructure supports"
- communication, collaboration
- policies, laws, funding
- data, training, partners
- personnel, positions, authority
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Five Assumptions
- Education and health are interrelated
- "Social morbidities" are the biggest threats to health
- A more comprehensive, integrated approach is needed
- Efforts should be centered in and around schools
- Prevention efforts are cost effective (social and economic costs of inaction are high and escalating)
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The Development of California's Blueprint for Coordinated School Health
Graphic of organization chart
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Designed to Maximize a Multi-Level Approach
- Schools/districts
- Local health departments and county offices of education
- CDE, DHS, and other state departments
- Some include steps for voluntary health organizations and professional associations
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Coordinated School Health Blueprint - Goal 1
Coordinated school health policies and programs will support and contribute to the positive development of youth. (Page 12)
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Excerpts of Action Steps
- Policies and programs will support and contribute to the positive
development of youth.
- Identify community assets, resources, support (local level)
- Advocate for CSH through youth development (local level)
- Include youth development in state Requests for Applications (RFAs), programs, funding (state level)
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Coordinated School Health Blueprint - Goal 2
Policies at all levels will fully support coordinated school health for California's diverse population. (Page 17)
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Excerpts of Action Steps
- Policies at all levels will fully
support coordinated school health for California's diverse population.
- Establish, promote, support policies at district and school sites (local level)
- Inform and involve partners (local level)
- Promote CSH within other initiatives (state level)
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Coordinated School Health Blueprint - Goal 3
Funds and resources will be allocated to support coordinated school health for California's diverse population. (Page 19)
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Excerpts of Action Steps
- Funds and resources will be allocated
to support coordinated school health for California's diverse
population.
- Include CSH in school reform planning/funding (local level)
- Promote flexible funding (local and state levels)
- Involve health insurers (state level)
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Coordinated School Health Blueprint - Goal 4
Closer collaboration and better coordination will be established within and between CDE/DHS, other state and local level agencies, and business and community partners. (Page 23)
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Excerpts of Action Steps
- Closer collaboration and better coordination
will be established within and between the CDE and DHS, other
state and local level agencies, and businesses and community
partners.
- Develop common outcomes (state level)
- Collaborate to provide training and technical assistance (state level)
- Strengthen collaboration among local entities (local level)
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Coordinated School Health Blueprint - Goal 5
Personnel capacity in school health at the state and local levels will increase and reflect California's diverse population. (Page 28)
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Excerpts of Action Steps
- Personnel capacity in school health
at the state and local levels will increase and reflect California's
diverse population.
- Employ qualified CSH staff reflective of state's diversity (local level)
- Establish policies/guidelines for partners and service providers (local level)
- Support high caliber teacher preparation (state level)
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Coordinated School Health Blueprint - Goal 6
Use of state-of-the-art, research-based strategies to implement coordinated school health will increase. (Page 31)
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Excerpts of Action Steps
- Use of state-of-the-art, research-based
strategies to implement coordinated school health will increase.
- Utilize research to make informed decisions about curricula/programs (schools/districts)
- Administer California Healthy Kids Survey (schools/districts)
- Disseminate information about best practices (state level)
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Implications at the Local Level - Schools
- Incorporate critical health issues into district-level local improvement plan and the school site plan
- Support accountability and testing by having healthy children achieving in school
- Ensure compliance with existing policies affecting the health of students and staff
- Develop beneficial partnerships with other agencies, organizations, and businesses in the community
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Implications at the Local Level - Voluntary Organizations
- Provide training, technical assistance, and volunteers to assist in establishing school health councils at the local level
- Advocate for school health programs by speaking at community forums, assist with educating local- and state-level policy makers, and participate with other community organizations
- Collect data and support research on the status and impact of coordinated school health
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Implications at the Local Level - Family/Community Involvement
- Involve parents and neighborhood leaders in ensuring schools are safe and healthful environments
- Reinforce health education messages at home that are taught in the classroom
- Serve on school-community committees to coordinate resources, activities, and services
- Meet with school personnel to determine what support (materials, expertise, time) they can offer to advance the school or district’s health objectives
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Implications at the Local Level - Health Department Involvement
- Provide input on health policy, programs and services to local school boards
- Work in partnership with schools to increase enrollment in Healthy Families, Medi-Cal for Children and other affordable health care options.
- Promote cross-agency linkages, such as establishing public health nurse liaisons to schools
- Provide data and data-related expertise when developing school programs, polices and services
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Call to Action
- Incorporate recommendations in state level RFAs, strategic plans
- Influence development of local level programs, policies and services
- Provide funds and incentives for locals to implement these recommendations
- Support youth development and involvement of broad cross-section of youth
- Model cross-departmental collaboration by participating in Workgroup for Interagency School Health (WISH)
- Seek commitment from partner agencies
