The Call for Comprehensive School Health Programs

Abstract:
This issue brief focuses on the role of school leaders in helping children to recognize healthy versus unhealthy behaviors, avoid high-risk activities, and make informed decisions that promote healthy lifestyles and prevent disease. It notes that one way to meet this challenge is through comprehensive school health programs, including health education and health services that are promoted and supported by school and community leaders and made available in a healthy school environment. The issue brief outlines a school board’s philosophy, goals, and policy that would support comprehensive school health programs, and it addresses the interrelationships among school health education, school health services, and healthy school environment (both physical and social). This issue brief is a helpful introduction to comprehensive school health programs from a school board member’s perspective.

Publication: NSBA Issue Brief #2


Date Published: 1/1/1992

Pages: 2

Location Code: 11181