Encyclopedia of School Health

Children spend more time at school than anywhere else except home; thus schools can have a major effect on children's health by providing a healthy physical environment serving meals and snacks built around sound nutritional guidelines and teaching about health as well as modeling and promoting healthy behaviors. School health services programs involve not only school nurses and focus not only on nursing practice standards and performance issues; they also include services and classes to teach students the information and skills they need to become health-literate to maintain and improve their health to prevent disease and to reduce risky behaviors impacting health. School nurses teachers administrators health coordinators guidance counselors and social workers all join with parents in safeguarding and promoting the health and well-being of school-aged children as a basic foundation for academic success. The <i>Encyclopedia of School Health </i>offers quick access to health and wellness information most relevant to children in America's K-12 school setting. You'll find valuable guidance on developmental stages acute and chronic illnesses special education nutrition crisis response prevention and more.