About Coordinated School Health
Coordinated School Health (CSH) is an effective system designed to connect health
with education. Students’ health and their capacity to learn are enhanced through
the support of families, communities and schools who work together in a coordinated,
focused and cost-effective manner. The CSH model focuses on six critical health
behaviors identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that
contribute to the leading causes of death among youth and young adults. These critical
health behaviors are:
- Inadequate physical activity
- Unhealthy eating behaviors
- Tobacco use
- Sexual behaviors that may result in HIV infection, other sexually transmitted diseases
and unintended pregnancies
- Alcohol and other drug use
- Behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence
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