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Healthy students and schools play an important role in the lives of students by improving their:
- Health knowledge, attitudes, and skills
- Healthy behaviors and health outcomes
- Educational outcomes
- Social outcomes
Student and school health programs are a coordinated set of courses,
and policies to meet the health and safety needs of students and school
staff in pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The essential elements of
effective school health programs include eight interrelated components:
- Health Education
- Health Services
- Nutrition Services
- Health Promotion for School Staff
- Physical Education
- mental Health and Social Services
- Healthy and Safe School Environments
- Family/Community Involvement
Healthy students and schools programs are most effective and efficient
when all of the components are addressed through a coordinated school
health programs (CSHP) approach supported by school health councils,
collective planning, administrative support, identified leaders,
parents, and community members within the comprehensive school
improvement plan (CSIP)
State Contacts
Janet Beaman, DPH jbeaman@idph.state.ia.us
Charlotte Burt, DE charlotte.burt@iowa.gov
Dennis Dykstra, DE dennis.dykstra@iowa.gov
Patti Harding, DE patti.harding@iowa.gov
Carol Hinton, DPH chinton@idph.state.ia.us
Sally Nadolsky, DHS SNADOLS@dhs.state.ia.us
Sara Peterson, DE sara.peterson@iowa.gov
Susan Pohl, DPH spohl@idph.state.ia.us
Dann Stevens, IDE dann.stevens@iowa.gov
Ed Thomas, DE
ed.thomas@iowa.gov
Legal Requirements and Reports
Iowa School Health Legal Reference Summaries
The Summaries are not a substitute for the laws,
administrative codes, and regulations. For further clarification,
refer to the legal references full text.
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Advisory Group
Each district has a
School Improvement Advisory Committee (SIAC)
[Iowa Code §280.12]. A recommended sub committee of the SIAC is a
Community-School Health Advisory Council. The Iowa Department of Public Health
planning guide, Promoting Healthy Youth, Schools and Communities: A Guide to
Community-School Health Advisory Councils is available for school staff,
other health-related school committees, parents, and other partners interested
in forming a Health Advisory Council. Access the guide at:
http://www.idph.state.ia.us/hpcdp/promoting_healthy_youth.asp
Funding Sources
The Healthy Youth Funding Database (HY-FUND) contains federal and private funding sources. http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/HYFund/
Guiding Practices
Mission: Strategies to Promote School Health
http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/about/mission.htm
Iowa Communities and Schools Health Promotion Initiative-State Level
This Initiative is a recommended component of the district
Comprehensive School Improvement Plan and Advocates for strong
community partnerships and linkages among schools, parents, community
members, business, and other institutions.
The goal of the
Iowa Communities and Schools Health Promotion Initiative is for all communities
throughout the state to establish healthy communities and schools with
coordinated health services.
This goal supports the collaboration of the Iowa Departments of
Education (DE), Public Health (DPH), and Human Services (DHS), and other state
initiatives. The foundation of the initiative is the belief that healthy
students, staff, and communities encourage optimum learning and teaching, and
generates productive citizens. A Health Promoting Community and School will
constantly strengthen its capacity as a healthy setting for living, learning,
and working including:
- Advancing health and learning by maximizing community resources to ensure community health;
- Engaging
all health and education personnel, organizations, children and youth,
parents, families, and community members to make the community and
school healthy;
- Providing a healthy environment for Iowans
of all ages through collaboration with community and services,
nutrition and food safety, physical education, health promotion for
staff, healthy school environment, counseling, psychological, and
social services, and family/community involvement.
- Implementing
policies and practices that respect individual and cultural differences
providing multiple opportunities for success, acknowledging good
efforts and intentions, and promoting personal achievement.
Helping communities and schools become health promoting depends on the
success of forming partnerships through mutual support, data
collection, and funding for health promoting communities and schools.
Strategies addressing the Initiative and its goal include:
- Strengthen state agency partnerships to support health promoting communities and schools.
- Strengthen regional and local capacity to advocate for improved community and school health.
- Identify public and private resources for developing community and school health promotion.
- Identify research references to improve community and school health programs.
Supporting Documents
Briefing - Improving Academic Achievement by Meeting Student Health Needs ( 2006-09-26 15:11:58)
This document describes the coordinated school health components and scientific research-based findings.
Improving Academic Achievement by Meeting Student Health Needs Briefing ( 2006-09-26 15:14:39)
The Iowa Interagency Health Promoting Communities and Schools team
compiled this document. The purpose is to gather scientific-based
research supporting school health promotion to improve academic
achievement. The briefing encourages discussions on integrating
student and staff health into school improvement and accountability
systems.
Pandemic Flu:
Preparedness and Planning Resources for Schools
http://www.idph.state.ia.us/pandemic/families.asp
A Planning Guide for Educators
http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/emergencyplan/pandemic/planning-guide/index.html
Supporting Links
Kids Count
http://www.aecf.org
Iowa Child and Family Policy Center
http://www.cfpciowa.org/
Iowa Youth Survey Reports
http://www.iowayouthsurvey.org
Iowa Youth Survey: Iowa 6th, 8th, and 11th grade
students response to questions about their attitudes and experiences regarding
substance abuse, violence, and peers, family, school, neighborhood, and
community environments
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
http://nces.ed.gov/
National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/yrbs/index.htm
U.S. Census Bureau: Population Information
http://www.census.gov/
Iowa
Census
http://www.iowadatacenter.org/
Information
Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/
Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH)
http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/about/index.htm
Coordinated School Health Programs
http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/CSHP/
Numerous Guidelines: Physical Activity, Healthy Eating, Prevent Tobacco and Addiction
Healthfinder: Government Consumer Health Information
http://www.healthfinder.gov/
Healthy Youth Funding Database
http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/HYFund/
Healthy People 2010
http://www.healthypeople.gov/
Hawk-I and other resources
http://www.hawk-i.org/statedir
Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services
http://www.ivrs.iowa.gov
Maternal Child Health Library
http://www.mchlibrary.info/
Medication Administration in Iowa Schools
http://www.iowaschoolmeds.com
MedlinePlus: Health, drugs, encyclopedia
http://medlineplus.gov
Mental Health in Schools
http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu
NASBE Healthy Schools
http://www.nasbe.org
National Board for Certification of School Nurses
School Nursing Certification
http://www.nbcsn.com
National Council of State Boards of Nursing
Concept papers, delegation and information
http://www.ncsbn.org
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
http://www.osha.gov
Search for Bloodborne Pathogens and Needlestick Prevention Iowa OSHA
http://www.iowaworkforce.org/labor
State Library of Iowa
http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/
World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/topics/school_health_promotion/en/
References
Allensworth, D, Lawson, E., Nicholson, L., &
Wyche, J. (Eds.). Committee on Comprehensive School Health Programs. (1997). Schools
and health: Our Nation's investment. Institute of Medicine. National
Academy of Sciences. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
American
Academy of Pediatrics. (2004). School
health: policy and practice. Elk Grove Village, Illinois: AAP. Medical Home, http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;110/1/184.
School Health Resources, http://www.schoolhealth.org/. Health, Mental
Health and Safety Guidelines, http://www.nationalguidelines.org/. Community
Pediatrics, http://www.aap.org/commpeds/additional/index.html.
Dryfoos, J. G. (1998). Safe passage: Making
it through adolescence in a risky society: What parents, schools, and
communities can do. NY: Oxford University Press.
Heymann, D.L. (Ed.). (2004). Control of Communicable Diseases Manual, 18th Edition, (published
every 5 years). Washington, DC: American Public Health Association.
Kolbe, L J. (2002, Autumn). Education Reform
& the Goals of Modern School Health Programs. Journal of the National Association of State Boards of Education. 3:4, 4-11.
Marx, E., & Wooley, S.F. (eds.). (1998). Health
is academic: Coordinated school health programs. Education Development
Center. NY: Teachers College Press.
Schwab, N.G. &
Gelfman, M. (2001). Legal Issues in
School Health Services. North Branch, MN: Sunrise River Press.
Silkworth, C.K.,
Arnold, M., Harrigan, J., Zaiger, D (Eds.). (2005). Individualized Healthcare Plans for
the School Nurse. North Branch, MN: Sunrise River Press.
Resources
Iowa School Nurse Listserv
The Iowa
School Nurse (iowasn) mailing list is a communication tool for Iowa School
Nurses. The mailing list is the Department of Education link with school nurses
allowing the Department and Nurses to communicate via email messages. Iowa
School Nurses can use the mailing list to request information, advice, share
news and initiatives, and receive news. School nurses joining the iowasn
mailing list will add their email address to the online school nurse mailing
list and can send messages to all members at any time. When messages are
posted, the message automatically goes to everyone on the list. To join contact
the Department of Education, School Health.
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IA Coordinated Student and Staff School Health - Service Program Sample ( 2006-09-26 10:17:15)
Interpretative Statement - Iowa School Nurses and Delegation ( 2006-09-26 10:19:41)
IA School Health Services and the Licensed Practical Nurse in the School ( 2006-09-26 10:23:16)
IA School Nurse Scope and Standards of Practice ( 2006-09-26 10:25:59)
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