Schools and Health Our Nation's Investment (1997) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix G-2
Appendix G-2
Pages 456-462
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The Task Force's report became the framework for the development of a multicomponent program with multiagency program implementation responsibility. Ten demonstration school districts received training and technical assistance to begin to design and implement programs at the local level, while state and private agency individuals continued to develop law, policy, and other necessary support for effective program delivery.
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· Parent · Community business representative · One or two others as determined by the community Local education agency administrator · Local health agency administrator · Local school board member · Local primary care center director · Education agency health coordinator (health educator, school Each team developed an action plan with priority objectives for beginning program implementation. School reform legislation in West Virginia, which emphasized increased local planning and decisionmaking, created School Senates in each school and set aside specific time during the instructional calendar (one-half to one day per month)
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Health Services The West Virginia Department of Education (Office of Healthy Schools) and the Bureau for Public Health (Office of Primary Care and Recruitment)
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This has resulted in a significant number of additional children being identified as eligible and being provided with primary care health services. The State Maternal and Child Health Program, in collaboration with the West Virginia Healthy Schools Program, has entered into a written agreement to provide for the development of a dental health initiative in a Regional Education Service Agency.
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Staff from the Adolescent Health Initiative Program is working with numerous school systems across the state in conducting Teen Issue Forums, which address such issues as stress, conflict resolution, teenage pregnancy, and other topics selected by the students in participating schools. Child Nutrition Services The Child Nutrition Policy is one of the first in the nation to require that foods served in school meet the national Dietary Guidelines.
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The five member organizations and the groups they represent are as follows: Organization West Virginia School Health Committee West Virginia Bureau for Public Health West Virginia State Medical Society Wellness Council of West Virginia West Virginia State Health Education Coalition Representing All education employees All other state employees All health care providers Private industry wellness programs All other state residents Numerous school districts have initiated staff wellness programs and are reporting significant improvements in physical activity, dietary habits, and other health-promoting activities. Community Involvement During the local infrastructure training held in 1994, representatives from the community attended as members of each team.
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Recently, members of the staff of the Office of Healthy Schools and the West Virginia Education Fund received funding from the Public Education Funds Network to help local school improvement councils develop Healthy Schools programs. The previously mentioned Benedum Foundation initiative is linking primary care centers and federally qualified health centers with schoolbased health centers.
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