September 05, 2010
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School Health Programs


Updates and Special Announcements

  • Communities Can Prevent Violence Before It Starts
    August 31, 2010 -- Youth violence directly affects how young people and the communities in which they live are able to thrive. Young people cannot learn and succeed in life if they are afraid to go to school or work because of the threat of violence, and violence in turn increases health care costs, decreases property values, disrupts social services, and threatens the success of businesses.
  • Celebrate National Food Safety Education Month!
    August 26, 2010 – This September, join the National Restaurant Association Education Foundation in promoting National Food Safety Education Month (NFSEM). Many parents and community members take for granted that the food their children are eating at school is safe. However, hours of preparation and training on the part of the food service staff is required to make sure this is so, and a foodborne illness incident can be devastating to the school community. NFSEM provides an excellent opportunity for schools to demonstrate exactly what they are doing to make sure students are safe at school, as well as offer tips to parents to keep their children eating safely at home.

    • Click here for the complete list of updates and announcements



Working with and through State School Boards Associations, NSBA's School Health Programs department helps school policymakers and educators make informed decisions about health issues affecting the academic achievement and healthy development of students and the management of schools.

Why Is School Health Important?
Research shows that when school districts and schools have effective policies and practices that support the health of their students and staff:
- Student and staff absenteeism decreases
- Student concentration improves
- Student behaivor problems are reduced
- Children and adolescents establish life-long health-promoting behaviors

NSBA's Beliefs and Policies recognize the critical link between health and learning and the role of schools to further the well-being of students and the greater school community.

This website is your source for information on policy and practice related to school health issues. Explore the sidebars to the left to access the School Health Resource Database, "101" packets of information on key topics, announcements of new resources and special events, promising practices from across the country, NSBA health-related publications, links to other websites, and much more.

This site contains links to HIV Prevention messages and materials that are intended to educate PK-12 public school policy makers and professionals to inform their decisions about policy and practice. These messages may not be appropriate for all audiences. Materials related to HIV that have been published by NSBA with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been reviewed and approved by a national program review panel.

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