Coordinated School Health
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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 2007-2008 Buckeye Best Healthy School Award:
GOLD AWARD RECIPIENTS
Indian Hill Elementary
Kilgour Elementary
Norwood Middle School
Shawnee Early Childhood Elementary School
Winton Woods Middle School
SILVER AWARD RECIPIENTS
Altercrest, St. Joseph
Anderson High School
Elm Elementary School
Hilltop Elementary School
Indian Hill High School
Indian Hill Middle School
Maple Dale Elementary
Norwood View Elementary
Oakdale Elementary
Princeton High School
Riverside Academy Elementary
Roberts Paideia Academy
Seton High School
Seven Hills Upper School
Sharpsburg Elementary
St. Clement Elementary
Turpin High School
Vermont Elementary School
Weigel Elementary School
Williams Elementary School
Wilson Elementary School
Woodford Paideia Elementary
Wyoming High School
BRONZE AWARD RECIPIENTS
Aiken University High School
All Saints Elementary
Allison Street Elementary
Bridgetown Middle School
C.O. Harrison Elementary
Charles T. Young Elementary
Colerain Middle School
Dater Montessori Elementary
Delhi Middle School
Delshire Elementary School
Evendale Elementary School
Everett J. Welch Elementary
Indian Hill Primary School
International College Preparatory Academy High
International College Preparatory Academy
International College Preparatory Academy Middle
Madeira Middle School
Midway Elementary School
McAuley High School
Northwest High School
Norwood Middle School
Oyler Elementary
Pace High School
Pleasant Run Middle School
Rees E. Price Academy Elementary
Riverside Academy High School
Sands Montessori Elementary
St. Bartholomew Consolidated
St. John the Baptist Elementary
St. Ursula Villa Elementary
Struble Elementary
Summit Academy Cincinnati
Taylor Elementary School
Taylor High School
The New School Elementary
Wyoming Middle School
RECOGNITION RECIPIENTS
Annunciation Elementary
Arlington Heights Academy
Bevis Elementary
Elder High School
Frost Elementary
Hamilton County Math & Science Elementary
Hartwell Elementary
Hooven Elementary
Houston Elementary
Miami Heights Elementary
Monfort Heights Elementary
Our Lady of Visitation
Roselawn Condon Elementary
Schiel Primary School Arts Enrichment
St. Aloysius on the Ohio
St. Joseph
Taft Elementary
Winton Woods Elementary
For a complete list of all Ohio Buckeye Best Healthy School Award recipients, visit the Healthy Ohio website at http://www.healthyohioprogram.org/ASSETS/987EEE694CF14F7CB6BDB241A29C69CB/bbawd08.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.