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WHOLE SCHOOL, WHOLE COMMUNITY, WHOLE CHILD MODEL

The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) Model expands on the eight elements of the Coordinated School Health (CSH) approach from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and is combined with the whole child framework. CDC and ASCD developed this expanded model – in collaboration with key leaders from the fields of health, public health, education, and school health – to strengthen a unified and collaborative approach designed to improve learning and health in our nation’s schools. NC Healthy Schools frames its work in the context of this model.

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Ashe Wanda Elliott Appalachian District Health Dept

School Nursing Contacts by County Listed Under U
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Union County
School Health: Rachel Pich?
(704) 663-1699 ext. 269

Child Health: Evelyn Stitt
(704) 663-1699

Immunization: Susan Chandler
(704) 663-1699

Nutrition: Julie Hurt
(704) 663-1699

Exceptional Children: Nancy Johnson
(704) 547-2021

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Ashe Wanda Elliott Appalachian District Health Dept

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School Health: Dale Floyd
(919) 733-3497

Child Health: Jackie Harrell
(919) 571-4700

Immunization: Marian Scott
(919) 255-1538

Nutrition: Annette Furr
(919) 571-4700

Exceptional Children: Melinda Chambers
(919) 530-6353

New Hanover County
School Health: Ruth Storms
(910) 643-9172

Child Health: Betty Cox
(910) 486-1191

Immunization: Elaine Thomas
(910) 486-3398

Nutrition: Janet Bryan
(252) 946-6481, ext. 326

Exceptional Children: Linda West
(910) 486-1624

Northhampton County
School Health: Dale Floyd
(919) 733-3497

Child Health: Jackie Harrell
(919) 571-4700

Immunization: Marian Scott
(919) 255-1538

Nutrition: Annette Furr
(919) 571-4700

Exceptional Children: Kathi Wilhite
(252) 328-1519

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Here you can click a letter below to find a list of regional consultants by county.  This list includes school health, child health, immunization, nutrition and exceptional childrens program (DPI) consultants.

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You may click below to download the entire list of regional consultants by county.  This list includes school health, child health, immunization, nutrition and exceptional children’s program consultants.

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Consultants at the State level are:

School Health: Marilyn Asay
(919) 715-3298

Child Health: Vacant
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Immunization: Vicki Ransom
(919) 715-0417

Nutrition: Kathy Anderson
(919) 715-8792

Exceptional Children: Mary Watson
(919) 807-3976

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Comprehensive School Health Education

Comprehensive School Health Education, taught by a certified health education teacher, is the school’s instructional program that provides the opportunity for all students to understand and practice concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention.

 

 

 

The Comprehensive School Health Education component promotes:

  • Access to valid health information and health promotion products and services
  • The practice of health enhancing behaviors and reduction of health risks
  • The ability to analyze the influence of culture, media, technology, and other factors on health
  • The use of interpersonal communication skills to enhance health
  • The use of goal setting and decision making skills
  • Advocacy for personal, family, and community health.

Goal: Develop students’ commitment to life-long health through a school/community which values and promotes interdisciplinary, sequential, skill-based health education.

Successfully Teaching Middle School Health
The new and improved Manual is packed with exciting teaching ideas and student activities. The Manual contains six step lesson plans for each 6th, 7th, and 8th grade health objective in the North Carolina Standard Course of Study for Healthful Living Edcuation. A new chapter on health related fitness has been added along with engaging student handouts, and black line masters. A CD is packaged with the Manual which allows teachers the flexibility to personalize the lessons, adapt lessons to meet individual classroom needs, and update statistics and materials as needed. Interactive games and creative PowerPoint presentations are also available on the CD which will enhance instruction and student learning.

Healthful Living Curriculum
Today, health status is determined more by one’s own behaviors than by advances in medical technology, availability of health services, or other factors; and research demonstrates education in schools can make a difference in the health-related behaviors of students.

The Healthful Living Education program promotes behaviors that contribute to a healthful lifestyle and improved quality of life for all students. The Healthful Living Education curriculum, when fully integrated, supports and reinforces the goals and objectives of its two major components health and physical education. When the concepts of these two areas are integrated, learning is enhanced to its maximum.

 NC Institute of Medicine’s Comprehensive Child Health Plan

Improving school  health education is one of the top priorities established in the Comprehensive Child Health Plan.  Comprehensive Child Health Plan: 2000-2005. Task Force Report to the North Carolina Department and Human Services. Executive Summary. May 2000. 
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Chartered in 1983 by the North Carolina General Assembly, the North Carolina Institute of Medicine (NC•IOM) is an independent, nonprofit organization that serves as a non-political source of analysis and advice on issues of relevance to the health of North Carolina’s population.  

CDC Guidelines for School Health Programs

National guidelines for school health programs were developed on the basis of an exhaustive review of published research and input from academic experts and national, federal, and voluntary organizations interested in child and adolescent health. The guidelines include specific recommendations to help states, districts, and schools implement health programs and policies that have been found to be most effective in promoting healthy behaviors among youth. Recommendations cover topics such as policy development, curriculum development and selection, instructional strategies, staff training, family and community involvement, evaluation, and linkages between different components of the coordinated school health program. School Health Program Guidelines are currently available on the following topics.

Guidelines to Prevent Unintentional Injuries and Violence

Guidelines to Promote Lifelong Physical Activity

Guidelines to Promote Lifelong Healthy Eating

Guidelines to Prevent Tobacco Use and Addiction

Guidelines for Effective School Health Education 
To Prevent the Spread of AIDS

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Related Links:

NC Healthy Schools provides links to related sites only as a courtesy to our internet readers. NC Healthy Schools makes no claim as to the accuracy of any information presented on other internet sites and is not responsible for their content.

NC Association for the Advancement of Health Education
Application for Mini Grants $$$$$

A Vision of Protective Schools
AMA Adolescent Health Page
American School Health Association
Association for the Advancement of Health Education
CCSSO HIV/School Health Project
CCSSO-SCASS Health Education Assessment Project
Center for Disease Control – Div. Of Adolescent & School Health
Center for Disease Control – Div. Of Adolescent & School Health
Children, Youth, and Families Education and Research Network
Health A to Z
Health Gate
Health Links
Health on the Net
Health Teacher
Kid’s Health
Kid’s Health Page
LimiTV:Take Control of the TV in Your Home
National Education Association Health Information Network
National Farm Medicine Center (Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety)
National Health Information Database
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
National Institute on Drug Abuse – School Site
National Network for Health
National Oral Health Information Clearinghouse
National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign
Office of Minority Health Resource Center
Prevention and Wellness Education
Resource Center for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention
SIECUS – Sexual Health and Education
The Body

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Ashe Wanda Elliott Appalachian District Health Dept

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Pamlico County
School Health: Martha Guttu
(252) 946-6481 ext. 290

Child Health: Barbara Lanford
(252) 946-6481, ext. 291

Immunization: Walter Council
(252) 413-0587

Nutrition: Kathy Griffin
(252) 946-6481, ext. 373

Exceptional Children: Linda West
(910) 486-1624

Pasquotank County
School Health: Martha Guttu
(252) 946-6481 ext. 290

Child Health: Barbara Lanford
(252) 946-6481, ext. 291

Immunization: Walter Council
(252) 413-0587

Nutrition: Kathy Griffin
(252) 946-6481, ext. 373

Exceptional Children: Kathi Wilhite
(252) 328-1519

Pender County
School Health: Ruth Storms
(910) 643-9172

Child Health: Betty Cox
(910) 486-1191

Immunization: Elaine Thomas
(910) 486-3398

Nutrition: Janet Bryan
(252) 946-6481, ext. 326

Exceptional Children: Linda West
(910) 486-1624

Perquimans County
School Health: Martha Guttu
(252) 946-6481 ext. 290

Child Health: Barbara Lanford
(252) 946-6481, ext. 291

Immunization: Walter Council
(252) 413-0587

Nutrition: Kathy Griffin
(252) 946-6481, ext. 373

Exceptional Children: Kathi Wilhite
(252) 328-1519

Person County
School Health: Dale Floyd
(919) 733-3497

Child Health: Jackie Harrell
(919) 571-4700

Immunization: Ron Sapp
(336) 222-8246

Nutrition: Annette Furr
(919) 571-4700

Exceptional Children: Melinda Chambers
(919) 530-6353

Pitt County
School Health: Martha Guttu
(252) 946-6481 ext. 290

Child Health: Barbara Lanford
(252) 946-6481, ext. 291

Immunization: Walter Council
(252) 413-0587

Nutrition: Kathy Griffin
(252) 946-6481, ext. 373

Exceptional Children: Kathi Wilhite
(252) 328-1519

Polk County
School Health: Sue Lever
(828) 645-1426

Child Health: Carolyn Moser
(828) 680-9782

Immunization: Charles Philbeck
(704) 480-5439

Nutrition: Regina Asriel
(828) 654-9930

Exceptional Children: Carol Arnold
(828) 227-2085

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TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION

CONTACT:: Ellen Essick, CDC Cooperative Agreement Grants Manager
 Nakisha Floyd, Abstinence Education Consultant

GOAL

To provide age appropriate, medically accurate HIV/STD and teen pregnancy prevention education to all school-age children with an emphasis on minority populations whom are disproportional impacted, through a collaboration of the Department of Public Instruction, local school systems, higher education, state and local health departments, and community-based organizations.


TEEN PREGNANCY

North Carolina is consistently ranked ninth in the nation for teen pregnancy rates and continue to hold steady, with 2007 state rates nearly the same as those over the previous three years. The four-year plateau follows a 13-year decline that resulted in the state’s lowest ever rates in 2003. The state’s adolescent pregnancy rate has declined by 36% since 1992. The 2007 pregnancy rate for teen’s ages 15 through 19 was 63.0/1,000, a 0.1% decrease from 2006. The total number of NC teens aged 15 to 19 who were pregnant in 2007 was 20,019. Nearly 29% of those were repeat pregnancies. The number of 10 to14 year-oldswho were pregnant in 2007 was 404.

Among minority populations, Hispanic teens had the highest pregnancy rate, although their rate has dropped nearly 7% since 2003. The 2007 pregnancy rate among Hispanic adolescents in the state was 167.4/1,000 girls aged 15 to 19, a 5.7% decrease from 2006. Black teens had pregnancy rate of 87.1/1,000, a 0.9% increase from 2006. The number of pregnancies among American Indian teens and other minority groups was too low to calculate reliable rates. The disparity between white and minority teen pregnancy rates has narrowed since 1992, when the minority teen pregnancy rate was two times higher than the white rate. In 2007, the minority teen pregnancy rate was twice that of white teens.

Unplanned pregnancies during the teen years have long been associated with a host of critical social issues, including poverty and overall child well-being, out-of-wedlock births, workforce readiness, and responsible fatherhood. After increasing 24% between 1986 and 1991, the teen birth rate for girls aged 15-19 declined 35% between 1991 and 2005 (National Center for Health Statistics, 2005). During the same time period, official child poverty rates fell by 23 percent and percentage of children living with a single mother declined for the first time in decades. The report also showed that the decrease in the teen birth rate accounts for 26 percent of the reduction in the number of children under age six living in poverty between 1995 and 2002. In fiscal year 2004, teen pregnancy cost North Carolinians $312 million in WIC, Medicaid, TANF and food stamps (Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy). Interrupting this cycle of poverty and disadvantage is a critical social priority, and helping young women and men avoid early pregnancy is easier and much more cost effective than dealingwith all of the problems that occur after their babies are born.

GUIDELINES FOR HIV/STD AND TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION
IN SCHOOLS

In North Carolina HIV, sexually transmitted diseases and teen pregnancy prevention education teaches that the expected standard for all school age children is Abstinence Until Marriage. However, according to General Statute (G.S.) 115C-81 Basic Education and the North Carolina Healthful Living Standard Course of Study, the effectiveness and failure rates of condoms and other birth controlmethods must be taught in the seventh and eighth grades respectively.

Instruction in the use of and/or demonstration of condoms is a part of a comprehensive sexuality education program. Before a comprehensive sexuality education program is adopted, the local board of education shall conduct a public hearing and make all instructional materials available for review by parents or legal guardians for at least 30 days before the public hearing and 30 days afterthe hearing.

Each school year, before students may participate in any portion of an HIV, sexually transmitted diseases and teen pregnancy prevention education program, the local boards of education shall adopt policies to provide opportunities either for parents and legal guardians to consent or for parents and legal guardians to withhold their consentto the students’ participation in any or all of these programs.

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