Coordinated School Health
The Coordinated School Health Model at the school level is an organized set of programs, policies and activities. This coordinated model consists of assessing the school environment, having a school health or wellness team and developing an action plan focused on the following components:- Health education
- Physical education & other physical activity opportunities
- Nutrition services
- Health services
- Counseling & psychological services
- School health & safety policies & environment
- Family & community involvement
- Health promotion for staff
KY Department of Education
KY Department for Public Health
Alliance for a Healthier Generation
Study Reveals Overwhelming Parent Support for Healthier Schools The vast majority of parents want schools to limit students' access to high-calorie chips, sodas and candy and to offer them opportunities for physical activity throughout the day, a new survey by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation shows. The national survey signals the breadth of parents' support for changes to make schools healthier places—and their willingness to help make those changes happen. In fact, nearly eight in 10 parents are ready to get more involved to create a healthier environment in their local schools. Learn more about the survey and findings at http://www.healthiergeneration.org/
States move forward on child and family health coverage despite tough economic climate: A first look at state activity after the passage of CHIPRA and the availability of increased Medicaid funding in the economic stimulus package finds that, despite unprecedented fiscal challenges, all but a few states held steady on children's health coverage—and twenty-three states took steps to move forward. This progress on children's coverage has important implications as the nation moves forward with health reform.
Weathering the Storm, September 2009, Georgetown University Center for Children and Families.
School-Based Health Centers are comprehensive health centers right in a school. They can provide a variety of services including diagnosis and treatment of illnesses, physicals, sports physicals and immunizations. Some provide oral and mental health services. Check out this comprehensive guide to starting a center.
The number of Kentucky children who got health coverage through KCHIP went down from 2002 through 2006. In 2004 the program hit a low: it covered 4390 children less than in 2002. Only in 2007 did enrollment catch up to where it was five years earlier. Source: SCHIP Enrollment in June 2007, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, January 2008.
