Fit, Healthy, and Ready to Learn: A School Health Policy Guide
Fit, Healthy, and Ready to Learn: A School Health Policy Guide
The National Association of State
Boards of Education (NASBE) and many state and local policymakers
nationwide are convinced that good school health programs
play a crucial supporting role to excellence in education.
School health programs can help ensure that students are
fit, healthy, and ready to learn every day.
The Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) asked NASBE
to help states, districts, and schools develop policies that
would help prevent long-term chronic diseases. The resulting
policy guide complements CDC's school health guidelines,
which provide state-of-the-art, scientifically reliable
information on what constitutes effective school health
programs.
Fit, Healthy, and Ready to Learn is organized around
model policies that reflect best practice and can be adapted
by states, school districts, public schools, and private
schools to fit local circumstances. The points they address
were suggested by the CDC school health guidelines, actual
state and local policies, and reviewers’ comments. NASBE
offers the model policy language free of copyright; courtesy
attribution is requested.
The chapter text includes explanations of the points addressed in the model policies,
state and local policy examples, notable quotations, and
other valuable information that supporters can use to
justify school health policies. Each section ends with a
list of resources and organizations that offer specialized
expertise.
Additional chapters of Fit, Healthy, and Ready to Learn are currently being developed.
Chapters A through F are also being updated.
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Overview (Not available online) gives an overview of Fit, Healthy, and Ready to Learn and the sample policies contained within Chapters C, D, and E. The Art of Policymaking (Not available online) provides a basic orientation to the policy arena. General School Health Policies provides an overall policy framework for modern, coordinated school health program that can integrate a number of priority health topics and priorities. |
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Policies to Encourage Physical Activity provides school policymakers with pertinent information, data, and policy advice on addressing physical activity. Download PDF of Chapter D |
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Policies to Encourage Healthy Eating provides school policymakers with pertinent information, data, and policy advice on addressing increasing healthy eating. Download PDF of Chapter E |
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Policies to Promote Sun Safety and Prevent Skin Cancer provides information and policies that can be integrated into a coordinated policy framework on sun safety and skin cancer prevention. Download PDF of Chapter G |
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Policies on Asthma, School Health Services, and Healthy Environments provides information and policies that can be integrated into a coordinated policy framework on a variety of topics. Download PDF of Chapter H Policy for a School Asthma Program Policy on Education and Staff Development about Chronic Health Conditions Policy on Individual Student Health Plans and School Health Services |
See also Policies Concerning Students and Staff with HIV Infection from Someone at School Has AIDS: A Complete Guide to Education Policies Concerning HIV Infection (2001).
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