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Concept to Action
Using Coordination,
Partnerships, and Leadership to Plan and Implement CSHPs
Developing
State Infrastructure: Essential Elements
Responding
to Public Policy Challenges Facing Health Education
Communications
Related Initiatives
Roles
for Everyone
Action Steps
Current State and Local Initiatives
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Roles for Everyone
What Teachers and Schools
Can Do
- Establish school-based leadership
- Identify other key players in the
school and community
- Establish a Healthy School Team
and select a coordinator
- Obtain buy-in from school staff
and community representatives
- Map existing school and community
resources
- Identify student, family, and staff
needs
- Identify and prioritize programmatic
needs
- Develop an implementation and coordination
plan
- Identify existing and potential
sources of funding
What Families Can Do
- Meet school
personnel
- Identify
other interested parents
- Attend school
board meetings
- Support community
organizations that work with schools
- Participate
in school health fairs and committees
What Non-governmental
and Community-Based Organizations Can Do
- Conduct advocacy and public awareness
activities
- Train advocates in promoting school
health programs
- Educate legislators and legislative
staff
- Engage professional associations
in interdisciplinary training and professional development
- Support the creation of interdisciplinary
curricula for relevant graduate training programs
- Coordinate companion NGO/CBO programs
- Identify community needs
- Map existing school and community
resources
- Identify existing and potential
funding sources
- Disseminate information and findings
about school health programs
What Administrators and
School Districts Can Do
- Secure district-level leadership
- Establish a broad-based school-community
advisory committee
- Identify supports and challenges
in the broader school community
- Develop an implementation and coordination
plan
- Develop supportive school board
policies
- Train district and community advocates
in promoting CSHPs
- Disseminate information and findings
about school health programs
What
State Agencies Can Do
- Articulate a vision of coordinated
school health and how it contributes to both health and education
- Develop infrastructure that supports
the implementation of CSHPs
- Identify and provide financial support
for programs
- Collect and distribute data on student
health, school performance, and service needs
- Demonstrate program effectiveness
through evaluation
- Develop and support state-local,
school-community, and health-education coalitions
- Strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration
and professional preparation
- Support the employment of staff
with appropriate training and credentials
- Develop materials, guidelines, and
publications that support program implementation
- Develop technology to support programs
- Provide regular reports to legislature
and solicit its recommendations
Roles for All Partners
- Make coordinated school health a
priority
- Use research-based strategies in
conjunction with learnings from the field
- Establish a common language
- Develop a system to monitor progress
- Identify desired outcomes
- Refine strategies and programs to
promote continuous improvement
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