Schools and Health is a readable and well-organized book on comprehensive school health programs (CSHPs) for children in grades K-12. The book explores the needs of today's students and how those needs can be met through CSHP design and development.
The committee provides broad recommendations for CSHPs, with suggestions and guidelines for national, state, and local actions. The volume examines how communities can become involved, explores models for CSHPs, and identifies elements of successful programs. Topics include:
Schools and Health will be important to policymakers in health and education, school administrators, school physicians and nurses, health educators, social scientists, child advocates, teachers, and parents.
Institute of Medicine. 1997. Schools and Health: Our Nation's Investment. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/5153.
Chapters | skim | |
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Front Matter | i-xiv | |
Executive Summary | 1-15 | |
1 Introduction | 16-32 | |
2 Evolution of School Health Programs | 33-80 | |
3 Education | 81-152 | |
4 School Health Services | 153-236 | |
5 Building the Infrastructure for Comprehensive School Health Programs | 237-270 | |
6 Challenges In School Health Research and Evaluation | 271-295 | |
7 The Path to the Future | 296-302 | |
Appendix A | 303-336 | |
Appendix B | 337-355 | |
Appendix C | 356-364 | |
Appendix D | 365-415 | |
Appendix E | 416-429 | |
Appendix F | 430-442 | |
Appendix G-1 | 443-455 | |
Appendix G-2 | 456-462 | |
Appendix G-3 | 463-473 | |
Acronyms and Abbreviations | 474-477 | |
Index | 478-498 |
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