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Information about the current status of state support for school health programs is provided in this report. A survey of state directors responsible for each school health area in the 50 states and District of Columbia yielded a response rate of 100 percent. Seven chapters cover state organization and coordination, personnel, and programming aspects of (1) school health instruction; (2) school health services; (3) the environment; (4) physical education; (5) food and nutrition services; (6) guidance and counseling; and (7) school psychological services. Twenty-one tables are included. (LMI)
Children spend more time at school than anywhere else except home; thus, schools can have a major effect on children′s health by providing a healthy physical environment, serving meals and snacks built around sound nutritional guidelines, and teaching about health, as well as modeling and promoting healthy behaviors. School health services programs involve not only school nurses and focus not only on nursing practice, standards, and performance issues; they also include services and classes to teach students the information and skills they need to become health-literate, to maintain and improve their health, to prevent disease, and to reduce risky behaviors impacting health. School nurses,...
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This tool can help a school to assess its physical activity and nutrition policies and programs based on national standards and guidelines.