Goals for CSH

Overall Goal
Washington’s approach to Coordinated School Health (CSH) will increase the number of schools and districts with the capacity to implement a coordinated school health plan with their school communities.

Goal 1: Build the capacity of local school communities to improve health and educational outcomes through the coordinated school health approach.

Goal 2: Increase implementation of effective school health policies and practices to promote physical activity, healthy eating, and reduce tobacco use.

Goal 3: Increase the number of schools and districts with programs targeting young people at disproportionate risk for unhealthy behaviors, chronic diseases, and academic failure.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention School-Level Impact Measures (SLIMS)

CSHP 1: The percentage of schools that have a designated individual (e.g., faculty member or administrative personnel) responsible for coordinating school health and safety programs and activities.

CSHP 2: The percentage of schools that have a group (e.g., school health team) that helps plan and implement school health programs with representation from 10 or more of the key stakeholder groups.

CSHP 3: The percentage of schools that have ever assessed their policies, activities, and programs by using the School Health Index (SHI) or a similar self-assessment tool in any of the following ways: physical activity; nutrition; tobacco-use prevention.

PE 6: The percentage of schools that teach about all of the following in a required course:

• Physical, psychological, or social benefits of physical activity
• Health-related fitness (i.e. cardio-respiratory endurance, muscular endurance, muscular strength, flexibility, and body composition)
• Phases of a workout (i.e., warm-up, workout , cool down)
• How much physical activity is enough (i.e., determining frequency, intensity, time and type of physical activity).Developing an individualized physical activity plan
• Monitoring progress toward reaching goals in an individualized physical activity plan
• Overcoming barriers to physical activity
• Decreasing sedentary activities such as television viewing
• Opportunities for physical activity in the community
• Preventing injury during physical activity
• Weather-related safety (e.g., avoiding heat stroke, hypothermia, and sunburn while physically active)
• Dangers of using performance-enhancing drugs such as steroids

NU 4: The percentage of schools in which the lead health education teacher received professional development on nutrition education and dietary behavior during the past two years.

TOB 6: The percentage of schools in which the lead health education teacher received professional development on tobacco-use prevention education during the past two years.

Learn more about the SLIMS (PDF, 4 pages)