Basic Principle of Health Chapter 12

How many students are in elementary, middle, and high school in United States?

55.5 million students

What did the Shattuck, Banks, and Abbot documents recommend?

1) Assessing sickness among students enrolled in schools and universities 2) Seeking proof of vaccinations as a requirement for school enrollment 3) Using guidelines for the construction of healthy and safe schools 4) Hiring sanitary professors in colleges and medical schools

What are the 8 National Health Education Standards?

1) Comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health 2) Analyze the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on health behavior 3) Demonstrate the ability to access valid information, products, and services (Proof) 4) Demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills (How to interact with people) 5) Demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills 6) Demonstrate the ability to use goal setting skills 7) Demonstrate the ability to practice health-enhancing behaviors 8) Demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health

When are School Health Policies and Program studies conducted? What are School Health Policies and Program Studies?

1) Conducted about every 6 years 2) In-depth evaluation of school health programs and policies in schools, districts, and states 3) Assesses all 8 components of coordinated school health programs by surveying 50 state departments of education and a national, representative sample of districts and elementary, middle, and high schools

What are some components of coordinated school health programs (disciplines and services that most schools have but that are not necessarily organized to work together)?

1) Health Education- Classroom instruction to address physical, mental, emotional, and social dimensions of health 2) Physical Education- Planning, sequential instruction that promotes lifelong physical activity 3) Health Services- Services that promote the health of students 4) Nutrition Services- Integration of nutritious, affordable, and appealing meals and nutrition education 5) Counseling, psychological, and social services - services that prevent and address problems, facilitate positive learning and healthy behaviors, and enhance healthy development 6) Healthy School Environment - setting designed to provide both a safe and physical plant and a healthy supportive environment 7) Health Promotion for Staff - assessment, education, and fitness activities for school faculty and staff 8) Family and Community Involvement - Partnerships among schools, families, community groups, and individuals

ACHA-National College Health Assessment

1) Instrument to collect information on a broad range of student health behaviors and perceptions 2) Collects data about smoking, exercise, contraceptives, mental health, relationship difficulties, sexual behaviors, preventive health practices, perceptions of drugs and alcohol use, and health links to academic performanceCA

What are the standards for Health promotion in higher education?

1) Integration with the learning mission of higher education 2) Collaborative practice 3) cultural competence 4) Theory-based practice 5) Evidence based practice 6) Professional development service

What is a School Health Index?

1) Self-assessment and planning tool that schools can use to improve local initiatives related to coordinated school health programs 2) Includes modules linked to each of the 8 components of coordinated school health programs (Elementary school version and a middle and high school version)

How often is the Youth Risk Behavior Survey Conducted? What is the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)? What can information from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey be used for?

1) The CDC conducts the biannual survey in odd numbered years (2 surveys a year every odd numbered year) 2) Identifies the extent of high school student's participation in the 6 CDC risk behavior. (By state and by some large cities) 3) Can be used by local planners to identify local problems and compare their students with other students in their state or in the nation

CAS Professional Standards for Higher Education

1) Tool used by health promotion staff at the college level to compare their campus with the ideal campus and to support the development of health promotion programs 2) Promotes standards for student affairs, student services, and student development funds 3) Standards are meant to foster student learning, development, and achievement

What are some of the health threats students face?

1) asthma 2) overweight and obesity 3) diabetes 4) injury 5) violence

What are the goals of health promoting universities?

1) improve the health of students 2) improve the universities personnel(staff and faculty) 3) widening the community 4) integrating health into the university's culture, structure, and processes

What is academic achievement related too?

1) reduction in health disparities 2) reduction in health risk behaviors

What is National Health education Standards?

1)Provides a framework for state and local initiatives related to school health education curriculum, instruction, and assessment 2) The 8 National Standards and the performance indicators aligned with each standard identify the important concepts, skills, and attitudes that students need in order to engage in health enhancing behaviors and avoid health risks

What are some of the challenges of a health promotion program?

1)The chief goal and mission of educational institutions is education and learning---- not health 2)The health promotion programs staff who work outside the school or university and want to secure instructional time for health promotion must focus on the educational impact of the intervention and frame the arguments for partnerships in terms of - Educational outcomes as well as health outcomes. 3) It is important for health promotion programs staff to understand and respect the hierarchy in schools in order to get permission to work with a particular groups of students. 4)Communication with education staff should be succinct and free of health promotion jargon 5)Health promotion program staff should be prepared to talk about links between the curriculum or lessons they would like to provide and state or national education standards and performance indicators. 6)Health promotion and university campuses should be led by professionals who have the skills to assess health needs and to plan, implement, and evaluate interventions, not by clinical health professionals who staff university clinics

How many college students?

18 million college students

What are School Health Profiles?

Biannual (Twice a year) survey that currently assesses *secondary school* programs , services, and politically related to * Health education * Physical education and physical activity * Health services * Healthy and safe school environments * Family and community involvement in secondary schools (*Secondary school is referred to as a high school or a senior high school before college*)

American College Health Association (ACHA)

Created work group to develop the ACHA-National College Health Assessment

What do health promotion services do for schools and universities?

Enables staff to engage in and model healthy behaviors. Also, increase their productivity and reduce staff absenteeism and health insurance costs

Why are health promotion programs needed in schools?

Health Promotion programs are needed because these children, adolescents, and young adults face a number of serious health threats

How do health promotion universities promote physical activity?

Integrated into the physical education component of the school health programs. Also, physical activity is an important aspect of health promotion in universities

A coordinated school health program is defined as

Integrated set of planned, sequential, school affiliated strategies, activities, and services designed to promote the optimal physical, emotional, social, and education development of students

What is a benefit of health promoting universities?

It is an opportunity to reach a large number of young people and provide them with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to enhance not only their personal health but also that of the families they will establish and the communities in which they will live in.

What did the world health organization do?

Promoted the concept of both health promoting schools and universities

Standards of Practice for Health Promotion in Higher Education

Provides guideline for health promotion in the university setting

What old document mentioned that students should receive health instructions in schools?

Shattuck Report 1850- a landmark public health document

What does the School Health Profile survey describe?

The survey describe initiatives and identifies long term and short term trends related to health programs and policies in secondary schools

What does a coordinator do?

They are used to emphasize the interactions that is needed between the 8 components. RESULTS: In order to maximize the contributions of each component to the health and learning of students

Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (HECAT)

Tool to help schools districts, schools and other analyze health education curricula on the basis of the National Health Education Standards and the CDC's characteristics of an effective health education curriculum. (HECAT) is an analysis of the overall characteristics of a curriculum as well as the specific health-related behaviors, functional knowledge, skills, and sub-skills addressed in the curriculum

What are some career opportunities for health promotion?

Variety of professional organizations that have emerged to support health professionals who work in schools Ex: 1) Health educators 2) School Nurses 3) Physicians 4) Physical Educators 5) Counselors 6) Psychologists 7) Social Workers 8) Dieticians A wide variety of professional opportunities are available for individuals who are interested in promoting the health and learning of students in school and university settings!

What does CDC say about students well-being is determined on?

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