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2 THE EVOLUTION OF SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAMS
2 THE EVOLUTION OF SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAMS
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However, prior to the mid1800s, efforts to introduce health into the schools were isolated and sparse. It was not until 1840 that Rhode Island passed the first legislation to make health education mandatory, and other states soon adopted this concept.
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Their 1927 paper Health Supervision and Medical Inspection of Schools strongly promoted the emerging concept of coordination among the medical services, the physical education, and the health education programs in schools. Early in the 1920s, the AMA/NEA Joint Committee on Health Problems and Education reported the results of a nationwide survey on the status of health education in 341 city schools.
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The February 1960 issue of The National Elementary Principal also featured elementary school health programs including health services, health instruction, and health administration. The AMA/NEA Joint Committee on Health Problems in Education issued three editions of a publication titled Health Appraisal of School Children.
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The primary publication from this initiative was titled School Health Education Study: A Summary Report, which provided the basis for most of the current legislation on school health education (Sliepcevich, 19649. Numerous additional publications resulted from nearly 10 years of this activity, including curriculum designs and teacher-student resource guides addressing the 10 instructional content areas of health education across all grade levels.
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The history of these school health programs provides perspective and a valuable resource of information for understanding current programs and for designing and improving programs in the future. THE COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL HEALTH PROGRAM Today, school health has evolved into what is termed a comprehensive school health program (CSHP)
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Originating in the early 1900s and evolving through the 1980s, this model defines a school health program as consisting of the following three basic components: 1. Health instruction is accomplished through a comprehensive health education curriculum that focuses on increasing student understanding of health principles and modifying health-related behaviors.
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5. Health promotion for staff provides health assessments, education, and fitness activities for faculty and staff, and encourages their greater commitment to promoting students' health by becoming positive role models.
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The Joint Committee defined a CSHP as follows (Joint Committee on Health Education Terminology, 1991~: A comprehensive school health program is an organized set of policies, procedures, and activities designed to protect and promote the health and well-being of students and staff which has traditionally included health services, healthful school environment, and health education. It should also include, but not be limited to, guidance and counseling, physical education, food service, social work, psychological services, and employee health promotion.
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The distinguishing characteristics of this model include the importance of the management role in coordinating and integrating the other critical elements, and the emphasis on students with special health care needs. · International models often include the school health program as an element of a country's primary health care system (Wallace, et al., 19924.
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The exact nature and configuration of services and resources offered will vary from place to place, but services should thoroughly address the unique needs of each particular school and community-hence the title "full-service schools." According to this model, a full-service school provides a quality education for students that includes individualized instruction, team teaching, cooperative learning, a healthy school climate, alternatives to tracking, parental involvement, and effective discipline. The school and/or community agencies provide comprehensive health education, health promotion, social skills training, and preparation for the world of work.
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