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Pandemic Flu Resources for Schools
Planning is key to timely response during a pandemic flu outbreak. These materials provide planning, information and communication tools for local educators.

HPV Flyer
HPV, (Human Papillomavirus), is a common virus that is spread from one person to another by skin-to-skin contact in the genital area. HPV has been linked to the development of cervical cancer in women. This document explains what HPV is, its' link to cervical cancer, and information about the HPV vaccine.
(pdf, 3.19mb)

New! Elementary Health Education Lesson Plans: An Integrated Approach
Elementary lessons for grades K-5 are available for teachers to download. These lessons are teacher-friendly, meaningful, and integrated with the tested subjects. Each lesson meets an objective in Healthful Living and Math or Language Arts. The steps of the lesson consist of a focus step, teacher input, and an assessment activity. There are masters of transparencies and handouts and references to reliable health education resources.

New! Energizers
Classroom Based Physical Activities!
The way teachers integrate physical activity with academic concepts. Check out these short, about 10-minute, activities that classroom teachers can use to provide activity to children.

Helping the Student with Diabetes Succeed: A Guide for School Personnel
The US Department of Health and Human Services' National Diabetes Education Program has developed a guide for schools to help address the needs of all students with diabetes; Helping the Student with Diabetes Succeed: A Guide for School Personnel. This new guide offers school administrators, health service providers, and teachers a comprehensive resource that provides basic information about diabetes, lays out a team approach to diabetes management, and reviews the federal laws pertaining to schools' responsibilities to educate students with diabetes.

New: N.C. Recommended Standards for All Foods in Schools
School Assessments (Healthy Active Children Policy)

CDC's School Health Index - for Assessment and Planning
The SHI is a self-assessment and planning tool that schools can use to improve their health and safety policies and programs. It's easy to use and completely confidential.

NC Manual: Effective School Health Advisory Councils
Local school health advisory councils are one means of planning consistent and focused action. Councils, composed of representatives from home, school, and community, can objectively assess the needs of young people and identify the necessary resources. Councils can also serve as a communication link among the three groups to help prevent misunderstanding and clarify roles and responsibilities.
(pdf, 962kb)

CDC Guidelines for School Health Programs
CDC's Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) seeks to prevent the most serious health risk behaviors among children, adolescents and young adults.

Recommendations for Individual Diabetes Care Plan Guidelines
Forms were designed for parents to request the development and implementation of an individual diabetes care plan and to identify parent/guardian responsibilities.
(pdf, 57kb)

Crisis Planning: A Guide for Schools and Communities
The Guide is intended to give schools, districts, and communities the critical concepts and components of good crisis planning, stimulate thinking about the crisis preparedness process, and provide examples of promising practices.
(pdf, 1.6mb)

CDC Guidance for Management of School Students Exposed SARS
Interim Domestic Guidance for Health Departments in the Management of School Students Exposed to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

Schools Plan Responses To Bioterrorism: Education Week
An Education Week article

CSHP Infrastructure: Strategic Plan
Working together, health and education professionals have developed an eight-component coordinated school health model.
(pdf, 563kb)

Evidence Based Resources
Look at the evidence-based information that links a Coordinated School Health approach to academic achievement.