What is a Comprehensive School Health Edcation Program? What are the eight (8) Components of a Comprehensive School Health Program What is National Health Education Program? What is the importance of the National Health Program?
The SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAM What is is a comprehensive school health education program? A comprehensive school health education program is an organized set of policies, procedures and activities, designed to protect and promote the health, safety and well-beings of students, teachers and staff. What are the eight (8) components of a comprehensive school health education program? Health Education School Health Services Safe and Healthful school environment Physical Education Nutrition Services Counseling, psychological and social services Health promotion for the staff Parents and community involvement 1. Health Education A planned sequential pre-school to high school curriculum that addresses the physical, mental and emotional dimensions of health. It is designed to motivate and assist students to maintain and improve their health, reduce health-related risk behaviors, and most of all prevent diseases. Its goals are for children to develop and demonstrate increasingly healthy-related knowledge, attitude, skills and practices. 10 Health Areas in Health Education 1. Mental and Emotional Health 2. Family Living 3. Growth and Development 4. Alcohol, Tobacco, Drugs 5. Communicable and Chronic Diseases 6. Nutrition 7. Personal Health 8. Safety Education 9. Consumer Education 10. Environmental Health 2. SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES Designed to appraise, protect, and promote the health and well-being of students. Specifically, it is designed to: Ensure access and referral to primary health care such as screening for vision, height, and weight Foster appropriate use of primary health services Prevent and control communicable diseases and other health conditions; Manage chronic diseases; Provide emergency care for illnesses and injuries; Provide education and counseling opportunities for the maintenance, promotion and protection of individual, family and community 2. SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES Only qualified health and medical professional, such as physicians, nurses, dentists and other personnel from allied professions could provide quality school health services. They are known as valuable members of School-Health Team along with the health educators and administrators. 3. SAFE AND HEALTHFUL SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT Pertains to an environment that attends to the physical and aesthetic surroundings and the psychosocial climate and culture that maximize the health and safety of every student, faculty and staff. There are factors influencing in achieving a safe and healthful school environment such as: Physical environment Infrastructure of the building itself The area surrounding the building Presence of any nearby biological or chemical agents damaging to health Physical condition such as lighting, noise, temperature & ventilation 3. SAFE AND HEALTHFUL SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT Psychosocial environment Interrelated physical, emotional and social conditions that affect the well-being and productivity of students and staff Positive interpersonal relationships Recognition of needs and support for building self-esteem in sudents, teachers and staff 4. PHYSICAL EDUCATION A planned sequential curriculum that provides cognitive content and learning experiences in a variety of activities. It includes basic movement skills, physical fitness, rhythms, dance, games-individual or team, gymnastics and aquatics 5. NUTRITION SERVICES Provide students, faculty and staff with nutritionally balanced, varied and attractive meals and snacks in a setting that promotes social interaction and relaxation. All meals and snacks should meet the nutritional needs and health conditions of most if not all students. 6. COUNSELLING, PSYCHOSOCIAL AND SOCIAL SEVICES Provide both individual and group assessments, interventions and referrals which attend to th mental, emotional and social health of students, faclty and staff. Basically, these services must only be given by qualified and certified school counsellors, psychologists and social workers. 7. HEALTH PROMOTION FOR STAFF Includes health promotion programs such as health assessments, health education and health related fitness activities that promote, preserve and protect the health of all the staff. These programs should encourage and motivate school staff to opt for healthful lifestyle, and therefore e promoting health. 8. PARENTS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT An essential component in a comprehensive school health education program since it involves key personalities such as school, parents, agencies (government and NGOs), community groups and business sectors to work collaboratively to address the health problems and needs of students as well as their families. HEALTH IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY What is the importance of the of the National Health Education Standards? Acknowledging the importance of educating the young regarding their own health, the Joint Committee on Health Education Standards (JCHES, 1995) was formed to develop the National Health Education Standards to help young people become health literate. It is believed that the National Health Education Standards will: What is the importance of the of the National Health Education Standards? 1. ensure commonality of purpose and consistency in concepts in health 2. Improve student learnin across the nation 3. Provide foundation for assessment of students performance 4. Provide foundation for curriculum development and instruction 5. Provide a guide for enhancing teacher preparation and continuing education Definition of Terms HEALTH the state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely an absence of disease or infirmity (WHO, 1947)
WELLNESS is also used to describe health and quality of life that encompasses the health triangle. Definition of Terms HEALTH KNOWLEDGE consists of information that is needed to develop health literacy, maintain and improve health, prevent diseases, and reduce health related risk behaviors. HEALTH BEHAVIORS also referred to as wellness behaviors, are actions that promote health; prevent illness, injury and premature death and improve quality environment. Definition of Terms RISKS BEHAVIORS or harmful behaviors are voluntary actions that threaten health, increase the likelihood of illness and premature death and destroy the quality of the environment. HEALTHFUL SITUATIONS are circumstances that promote health and prevent illness, injury and premature death. Definition of Terms PROTECTIVE FACTORS are ways that a person might behave and the characteristics of the environment in which a person lives that promote health, safety and well-being. RESISTANCE SKILLS are used to when a person wants to say NO to an action and leave a situation. Definition of Terms RESILIENCY the ability to prevent or to recover, bounce back and learn from misfortune, changenor pressure HEALTH BEHAVIOR INVENTORY personal assessment tool that contains a list of actions to which a student responds positively. What risk behaviors does health education primarily address? Tobacco use Alcohol and drugs Behaviors thst may result in unintentional and intentional injuries Prevalence of communicable diseases Inadequate physical activities Sexual behaviors that result in HIV infections, other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and uninted pregnncy Unhealthy dietary behaviors
Why is there a need for school health education? The World Health Organization (WHO, 1996) recognizes the need for school health education citing the following reasons: because of the documented linkages between the health status of children and their educational achievement Because the most important determinant of a childs health is the educational status of the mother. Therefore, efforts to increase the school attendance and improve the health education of girls can have profound benefits. Why is there a need for school health education? because the school is an important channel of communication for health education messages to the students, the family and the community as whole. Because the relationship that needs to be strengthened between in-school learning and out of school health behavior; Because education for life skills guides people to think critically about health and social issues, encourages them to work collaboratively on solving problems, and provides them with the confidence and expertise to participate fully in community activities.
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