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Chapter 6 The School Health Program

Coordinated School Health Program – organized set of policies, procedures and activities designed to protect, promote and improve the health and well-being of students and staff, thus improving a student’s ability to learn. The eight components to this concept include health education, physical education, health services, nutrition services, counseling, psychological and social services, health school environment, health promotion for staff, family/community involvement.

School is a place that all must pass through - impact on the health of children, families, and community

CSHP improves the access to health services, educate about pressing health issues, and provide a safe and healthy environment

Foundations for a CSHP are:
1. supportive school administration
2. well-organized school health council
3. written school health policies

Issues that face school health advocates:
1. lack of support for coordinated school health
2. Controversal topics
3. Implementation of school-based health centers
4. violence in school

All in all, this chapter discussed the importance of a CSHP and the benefits that the students will encounter.

We have gotten along in schools so far without coordinated school health, why do we need it now? Time is at a premium - let the parents be responsible for their kids health.

Group response:
My team and I feel that we need a coordinated school health program more then ever now because of the many different health issues youth are encountering. Many of these issues, obesity, substance abuse, can be totally avoidable and preventable. The reason for their occurence is the lack of information people have about their health and what substances and nutrition can do to your good for the better or worse.
We also felt that teaching health should not be left up to the parents because many parents are unaware of this knowledge too. We think parents and teachers need to do both their parts. Teachers provide the information and the parents make sure that the child is taking part in the healthy decisions being taught at school. No matter what, you can’t leave it up to one or the other on their own, it’s a team project.

Chapter 1

"A" Team

Health – A dynamic state or condition of the human organism that is multidimensional in nature, a resource for living, and results from a persons interactions with and adaptations to his or her environment; therefore, it can exist in varying degrees and is specific to each individual and his or her situation.

Community – A group of people who have common characteristics; communities can be defined by location, race, ethnicity, age occupations, interest in particular problems or outcomes, or other common bonds.

Public Health – Things that society does collectively to assure the conditions in which people can be healthy.

Public Health System – The organizations mechanism of those activities undertaken within the formal structure of government and the associated efforts of private and voluntary organizations and individuals

Community Health – The health status of a defined group of people and the actions and conditions to promote, protect and preserve there health

Population Health – The health status of people who are not organized and have no identity as a group or locality and the actions and conditions to promote, protect, and preserve there health

5 Major Determinants of Health:
1. Gestational endowments
2. Social circumstances
3. Environmental conditions where people live and work
4. Structural and behavioral choices
5. Availability of quality medical care

Personal Health V Community Health
- Personal Health – individual actions and decisions making that affect the health of an individual or his or her immediate family members (eating wisely, wearing a safety belt, visiting physician)
- Community Health – activities that are aimed at protecting or improving the health of a population or community (protection of food and water supply, participating in fund drives for voluntary health organizations)

Achievements in Technology and Medicine
- Vaccinations
- Safe work places
- Control of infectious diseases
- Safer, healthier foods
- Fluoridation in drinking water
- Family planning

Our Communities:
- small
- physical education everyday
- strong lunch programs
- High involvement in outside school activities (sports, clubs)
- Melting pot of the US – high amounts of air pollution
- Religious bans on medical care, practice, and treatment

How can I productively react when students misbehave and act up?

The best way to react when students misbehave is to already have the steps mapped out. This will be stated already because I will go over it at the very beginning of the school year. These consequences will be known by the student, therefore this should make the process smoother. I how to do this through our text book and the discussion we had about it in class. I know it is important to have the consequences already mapped out, but what are appropriate consequences?

Which strategies are most effective for maintaining order in the classroom?

The strategies I feel are most effective for maintaining order in the classroom include rule makings. The best tips I learned from this class include using short, positive rules, and allowing your students to help determine the rules in the class. I learned this when I read one of the chapters in our text book. This was something I never experienced in school, and I would like to have it in my classroom. I feel this topic was covered well, and I don’t have any other concerns regarding rules in my classroom.

How can you effectively integrate technology into your teaching and learning?

Integrating technology into the classroom is so much easier then I thought. I believe the reason for this was due to my lack of knowledge for effective technologies. For example, iPods and other mp3 players can be very effective for learning. Podcasts, digital storytelling, and ebooks are some of the things that can be used also. Many of these technologies can be used to differentiate your classroom and reach student’s multiple intelligences. Again, the group activity allowed me to understand these technologies, and the presentations were very informative. For the items I already knew about, iPods and Photoshop, I didn’t know what you could do with them in an actual lesson. The other technologies I had never heard about before.

Why might it be important for students to learn with technology?

The reason it is so important for students to learn with technology is due to what the future holds. There aren’t many jobs currently that do not use some sort of technology. The older generations have to be highly trained to use this equipment and technology. The students being taught right now and from now on will learn with technology because that is what makes up the world, and they won’t need the training when they are out looking for jobs because of their previous knowledge. Cell phones, laptops, and iPods are part of student’s daily lives and these are just a few examples of the most common sources of technology used. Ultimately, teaching with technology enhances learning and gives students a tool they will use for the rest of their lives. Before this class, I already knew how important technology was for students, but the group projects we did deepened my awareness for this subject. I didn’t know you could use so many sources of technology in a classroom. I would like to see more specific examples of ways to bring these different technologies into the classroom.