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School Health

The Arkansas Department of Health’s Child and Adolescent Health - School Health Program includes:

• Act 1220
• Arkansas State School Nurse Consultant
• School-Based Wellness Centers
• CDC 1305 “State Public Health Actions to Prevent and Control Diabetes, Heart Disease, Obesity and Associated Risk Factors and Promote School Health” grant, in  collaboration with the ADH Chronic Disease Branch.

These programs all work collaboratively within the Coordinated School Health framework and include the Arkansas Department of Education, Arkansas Educational Services Cooperatives, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, and many other partners. Coordinated School Health (CSH) is a planned, organized set of health-related programs, policies, and services coordinated at both the district and individual school levels. It is a collection of best practices from a variety of specialties to meet health and safety needs of students.

Resources

• Child Health Advisory Committee (meetings and minutes)
• BMI Toolkit For Nurses 
• Healthy Family Refrigerator Curriculum 
• Get in the Game - Joint Use Agreements
• Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
• Arkansas Department of Education School Health Services
• Arkansas Center for Health Improvement School BMI information
• Arkansas School Wellness Committee Toolkit 
• DASH: Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Obesity Data Deck