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Welcome to the Kansas Coordinated School Health Website! Kansas Coordinated School Health is here to help your school become a healthier school. Kansas Coordinated School Health provides health resources, technical assistance, trainings and funding to create healthy Kansas students, staff, schools, and communities. 2010 KCSH Spring Institutes Kansas Coordinated School Health is offering six regional Spring Institutes in February and March. The institutes will be held:
Please visit the upcoming events page for more information, including the registration form for the NW Kansas KCSH Spring Institute. Spring Institute Presentations ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- H1N1 Influenza Information KSDE has developed a webpage devoted to providng information and resources on the novel H1N1 influenza. To access this link, please click on the following: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Informative Reading Taking a Look --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What is Coordinated School Health? Coordinated School Health (CSH) is an eight-component approach to help youth establish healthful behaviors and attitudes. The process begins with a thorough assessment of health influences within a school/community. This assessment guides CSH leaders toward the greatest areas of student health needs. With clear goals in mind, leaders address relevant components to provide the knowledge and environment necessary for students to make healthful decisions. CSH is a powerful approach to recognizing and addressing the close relationship between health and learning. This approach is summarized by the following philosophy: “Healthy students make better learners and better learners make healthy communities.” Eight Component Coordinated School Health Model
The Kansas Coordinated School Health (KCSH) Program is funded by the State of Kansas. The KCSH program is a collaborative program between two state agencies: Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) and the Kansas Department of Health & Environment (KDHE). The Project Director and the HIV Consultant are all employed by KSDE, while the Program Manager and the KDHE Outreach Coordinators are employed by KDHE. Why is Coordinated School Health Important? Coordinated School Health is about:
To learn more why Coordinated School Health is important to your school, click here Students from Buhler school district listen to a presentation on healthy beverages at their school health fair. |
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