Coordinated School Health
Healthy students are better learners.
The Coordinated School Health (CSH) Committee seeks to utilize collaboration and advocacy through school personnel, parents, agencies and other interested members of the community to initiate and promote CSH programs in Hamilton County.
The committee works to develop and strengthen partnerships between schools and communities in order to positively impact the health attitudes, behaviors and lifestyle choices of Hamilton County youth and their families.
Buckeye Best Healthy School Award
The Buckeye Best Healthy School Award recognizes schools that demonstrate a commitment to the health and wellness of their staff and students through the establishment of programs and policies that focus on improving nutrition, increasing physical activity, and stopping or preventing the use of tobacco. Congratulations to the following Hamilton County Schools that received a 2008-2009 Buckeye Best Healthy School Award:
GOLD AWARD RECIPIENTS
Elm Elementary School
Hilltop Elementary School
Indian Hill High School
Norwood Middle School
Norwood View Elementary School
Riverside Academy Elementary School
Shawnee Early Childhood School
St. Dominic Elementary School
Vermont Elementary School
Woodford Paideia Elementary School
SILVER AWARD RECIPIENTS
Allison Street Elementary
Altercrest Day Treatment Middle School
Ann Weigel Elementary
Brent Elementary School
Colerain Elementary
Cottonwood Elementary
Dater Montessori Elementary
Greener Elementary
Harrison Elementary
Hartwell Elementary
Indian Hill Primary School
Our Lady of Victory Elementary
Pace High School
Pleasant Run Middle School
Princeton High School
Riverside Academy
Sands Montessori Elementary
Sharpsburg Elementary
St. James Elementary
Struble Elementary
Sycamore Jr. High
Taylor Elementary
The Seven Hills Upper School
Turpin High School
Whitaker Elementary
White Oak Middle School
William Henry Harrison High School
Wyoming High School
Wyoming Middle School
BRONZE AWARD RECIPIENTS
All Saints Elementary
Bridgetown Middle School
C.O. Harrison Elementary
Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy
Colerain High School
Crosby Elementary
Finneytown High School
Finneytown Middle School
Hamilton Co. Math & Science Academy
Hooven Elementary
Madeira Middle School
Mariemont High School
McAuley High School
Miami Heights Elementary
Monfort Heights Elementary
New Burlington Elementary
Northwest High School
Norwood High School
Our Lady of the Visitation Elementary
Schiel Primary School
Seton High School
Shrodes High School
St. Aloysius on the Ohio Elementary
St. John the Baptist Elementary
St. Joseph Elementary
St. Mary Elementary
St. Michael the Archangel Elementary
St. Teresa St Avila
St. Xavier High School
Taylor High School
Three Rivers Middle School
Welch Elementary School
William Henry Harrison Jr. High School
Williams Avenue Elementary
RECOGNITION RECIPIENT
Arlington Heights Academy
Becker Elementary
Bevis Elementary
Cincinnati Hills Christian High School
Clovernook Elementary
Colerain Middle School
Elder High School
Frost Elementary
Goodman Elementary
Jane Hoop Elementary
Matthew Duvall Elementary
Mother of Mercy High School
Mt. Healthy High School
Our Lady of Grace Elementary
St. Bernard-Elmwood Place Jr/Sr High
The New School Montessori
Winton Woods High School
For a complete list of all Ohio Buckeye Best Healthy School Award recipients, visit the Healthy Ohio website at http://healthyohioprogram.org/ASSETS/C614BD6459E84B839E4F7DDE5611E113/bb09.pdf
What is the Coordinated School Health Committee?
The CSH, a subcommittee of the GCAHP, is a broad confederation of Cincinnati area organizations, agencies, schools and individuals that are focused on promoting a coordinated approach to school health.
What does the Coordinated School Health Committee do?
- Plan and implement special programs to increase awareness regarding Coordinated School Health programs.
- Promote the development and implementation of school health advisory councils in school districts/schools.
- Plan and implement school health workshops for continuing education credits.
- Participate in and communicate research information and outcome statistics.
What is Coordinated School Health?
A Coordinated School Health program includes an organized set of policies, procedures and activities designed to protect and promote the health and well being of students and staff. It includes Comprehensive School Health Education as one of eight components that work together in the school setting to support and reinforce the establishment of healthy lifestyles and to maximize the student's ability to learn.
The multi-components model suggests that children's health, education and social needs are interconnected and therefore, necessitates being addressed as a whole, rather than in a fragmented way.
The eight components include:
- School health education
- School health environment (biophysical and biosocial)
- School and community integrated health promotion efforts
- School health and nursing services
- School physical education
- School food service
- School counseling and psychology
- Health promotion program for faculty and staff
Comprehensive School Health Education: What is it?
Comprehensive School Health Education (CSHE) is the development, delivery and evaluation of a planned curriculum, preschool through grade 12, with goals, objectives, sequence and specific classroom lessons that include but are not limited to these content areas:
- community health
- consumer health
- environmental health
- family life
- mental and emotional health
- injury prevention and safety
- nutrition
- personal health
- prevention and control of disease
- substance use and abuse
- physical activity
Directory of Community Resources for Coordinate School Health Programs
The Hamilton County General Health District and American Cancer Society, members of the CHS Committee, created this directory in order to provide insight into the many community resources available for educators. It was developed to supplement health education curriculum and programs.
View the Directory.