2011-2012 Professional Development
Workshop Series - November 17, 2011 & February 22, 2012

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The Coordinated School Health Process

Coordinated School Health (CSH) is an effective system, designed by the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (CDC), to connect health (physical, emotional and social) with education. This coordinated approach improves students' health and their capacity to learn through the support of families, communities and schools working together.

The CSH approach consists of eight major components.  By definition, all CSH components work together to improve the lives of students and their families.  Although these components are listed separately, it is their composite that allows CSH to have significant impact. The eight components include: health education, physical education/physical activity, health services, nutrition services, health promotion for staff, counseling and psychological services, healthy school environment and student/parent/community involvement. 

Coordinated School Health:

• Works with partners to identify local priorities and implement local solutions for health improvement
• Implements a systemic approach to planning that aims to eliminate gaps and redundancies
• Utilizes a rigorous approach that builds on accurate data and sound science
• Focuses on institutionalizing sustainable changes in school systems

Coordinated School Health is an organized set of policies, procedures, and activities designed to protect, promote, and improve the health and well-being of students and staff, thus improving a student's ability to learn.

Healthy, Physically Active Children Learn Better!

The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors priority health-risk behaviors and the prevalence of obesity and asthma among youth and young adults. The YRBSS includes a national school-based survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

  Lorain County Coordinated School Coalition

The Lorain County General Health District partners with the Lorain County Educational Services Center (ESC) to coordinate the Lorain County Coordinated School Health Coalition. Other agencies involved in the Coalition include: The Ohio State University (OSU) Extension, Lorain County Community College (LCCC), Lorain County School Nurses, Lorain City Health District, Elyria City Health District, Lorain County Safe Communities Coalition (SCC), Lorain County Joint Vocational School (JVS), Amherst and Lorain City Schools, and the American Cancer Society. 

The objectives of the CSH Coalition include:

• Providing annual professional development workshops,
• Promoting the annual Buckeye Best Healthy School Award and
• Providing scholarships and assistance for School Health Teams to attend the State CSH Conference