Polk County Schools
Coordinated School Health

"Children must be healthy to be educated and must be educated to be healthy."

School Health Coordinator: Corina Jones

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We've also added a link for the CSH Toolkit resources and 08-09 data.

 

 

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Coordinated School Health in Tennessee Overview

 

What is Coordinated School Health?

Coordinated School Health (CSH) is an effective system designed to connect health with education. Student health and their capacity to learn are enhanced through the support of families, communities, and schools who work together in a coordinated, focused, and cost-effective manner. The CSH model focuses on six critical health behaviors identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that contribute to the leading causes of death among youth and young adults. These critical health behaviors are:

  1. Inadequate physical activity
  2. Unhealthy eating behaviors
  3. Tobacco Use
  4. Sexual behaviors that may result in HIV infection, other sexually transmitted diseases, and unintended pregnancies
  5. Alcohol and other drug use
  6. Behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence

Tennessee's Coordinated School Health Initiative is based on CDC's eight-component model.

The Tennessee Department of Education works in collaboration with the Tennessee Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to implement CSH. Based upon passage of the Coordinated School Health Improvement Act of 1999, Chapter 554 and the subsequent 2006 Public Chapter 1001, CSH was created and funded with state budget dollars to implement CSH in all schools systems in Tennessee. Funds support the development of a local infrastructure to promote health and wellness for all students and staff and thereby decrease barriers that prevent students from achieving their full educational potential.

 

 

What are the benefits of a CSH Initiative for Polk County?

  • Improved nurse to student ratios
  • reduced absenteeism
  • increased physical education
  • increased access to health care services
  • students are better informed for making healthy decisions for life

 

The Challenge

The physical, social, and emotional health of students can support or hinder their academic success and their prospects for a productive and healthy life. State and national data reveal that many Tennessee students engage in unhealthy behaviors that are detrimental to both their health and academic success. Additionally, data indicate that school environments may not be as supportive as they could be of students' health. Yet, in spite of these and other challenges, Tennessee schools can have a powerful influence on improving students' well-being and readiness to learn.

 

 

Our Mission

The mission of CSH is to improve students' health and their capacity to learn through the support of families, communities, and schools.

 

Goals

  1. Establish and maintain state and local partnerships necessary to implement the CSH model statewide.
  2. Create awareness about the importance of students' health and wellness to their academic success and prospects for future work.
  3. Maximize the ability of each school community to adopt and implement the CSH model by providing resources, materials, and technical assistance to meet the needs of that school community.
  4. Promote a healthy school environment in all Tennessee school communities.
  5. Provide annual evaluation and needs assessment for monitoring CSH in each school community.

 

CSH Outcomes

  • Increased the number of students who received screening to include Body Mass Index (BMI) and blood pressure
  • Reduced absenteeism
  • Improved nurse-to-student ratios resulting in increased class time
  • Increased access to health care services
  • Increased health education

 

Contacts

CSH Coordinator: Corina Jones-Office 423-338-4506 or email
Office of School Health/Tennessee Department of Health (615) 741-7353
TN Dept of Education Office of CSH (615) 532-6300

 

Web Links

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Polk County Schools Data

 

Events and Activities

*Ms. Burris 4th Grade- BES : Mr. Stinnett's visit
*Ms. Lawrence 3rd Grade- BES : Mr. Stinnett's visit
*Ms. Bryan Teen Living 1- CMS : Preparing Healthy Snacks
*Ms. Mantooth 1st Grade- BES : Rep. Eric Watson visit
*Ms. Lanning's 5th Grade- BES: Rep. Watson presents flag

+ Thanks to Copper Basin High CBTV for producing this report.

*These videos were taken at CSH school activities. Thanks to Mitchell Clark for filming these events!

 

This page last updated 12/10/09