Researchers at the Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of
Public Health Center for Adolescent Health Promotion
and Disease Prevention, in partnership with the Baltimore
City School Health Council, have developed an in-school
training resource to help school personnel encourage
students to lead healthier lives.
The Coordinated School Health Programs Video Project
features a 10-minute video that focuses on health
activities at eight Baltimore City public schools and a
45-minute video workshop that guides faculty and staff
through a basic assessment of their school's health
programming. The materials were requested for use this
year by 172 of Baltimore City's 180 public schools.
The 10-minute video highlights the eight components
of the Coordinated School Health Programs model —
physical education; parent and community involvement;
school environment; counseling, psychological and social
services; food and nutrition; health services; health
education; and staff wellness — by showcasing
examples of positive programming currently being used by
Baltimore City public schools. The video workshop provides
an opportunity for viewers to examine the components in
their own school and take steps to improve their health
programming.
"The video project provides schools with an
established framework for addressing student needs. School
administrators and staff assess what is going on at their
school and then plan health activities to fit their
individual needs," said Ameena Batada, project coordinator
and a graduate student in the Bloomberg School's
Department of Population and Family Health
Sciences.
Baltimorean Maria Broom narrates the program
workshop. "Success is directly related to health," she
says in the video. "School staff and volunteers play an
important role in addressing health conditions that may
influence students' participation in school and in
educating them on how to live long and healthy lives."
The CSHP Video Project reminds participants that
adults who spend time with students every day have a
window of opportunity to affect the health of their
students. Students with good health optimize their own
ability to achieve personally and academically —
improving their performance on tests and in the
classroom.
The video materials were developed by the Johns
Hopkins Center for Adolescent Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention, in partnership with the Baltimore City School
Health Council. The project and workshop materials also
were supported by the Charles Crane Family Foundation.
The video and workshop materials are available free
of charge from the Center for Adolescent Health Promotion
and Disease Prevention by calling 443-287-3008 or by going
to
www.jhsph.edu/adolescenthealth.
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