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Volume 1:
No. 2, April 2004
SPECIAL TOPICS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
ORIGINAL RESEARCH: FEATURED
ABSTRACT FROM THE 18TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CHRONIC DISEASE
PREVENTION AND CONTROL
SHI: School Health Index:
Implementing Changes in the Third Edition
SD Harrykissoon, H Wechsler
Suggested citation for this article:
Harrykissoon SD, Wechsler H. SHI: School Health Index: implementing changes
in the third edition [abstract]. Prev Chronic Dis [serial online] 2004 Apr [date
cited]. Available from: URL: http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2004/
apr/03_0034j.htm.
PEER REVIEWED
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's SHI: School Health Index: A
Self-Assessment and Planning Guide is designed to help schools
assess and improve their physical activity, healthy eating, tobacco use, and
unintentional injury and violence prevention policies and programs in the
context of a coordinated school health program.
In addition to reviewing the history, purposes, and structure of the School
Health Index, contributors to the guide describe the process of developing the third
edition and identify
changes that have been made to the new edition, which will be released in 2004.
Changes include the
addition of items for assessing a school's injury prevention policies and
programs and the revision of other items based on feedback from
public health practitioners. The third edition also will feature a new interactive on-line
version that allows users to tailor the School Health Index
according to health and safety topics — physical
activity, nutrition, tobacco-use prevention, and injury and violence
prevention, for example.
The presenters share information collected from
education agencies, health departments, schools, and other programs across
the nation about how they used the School Health Index, including
descriptions of innovative strategies for promoting its use and
increasing its impact.
Contributors to the guide will continue their interactive tradition by
encouraging School Health Index users to share their experiences
in using or promoting the School Health Index,
as well as to suggest ideas for improving the guide or maximizing its
effectiveness.
Corresponding Author: Samantha Harrykissoon, MPH, School Health
Education Specialist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Research
Application Branch/Division of Adolescent and School Health, 4770 Buford Hwy
NE, Mail Stop K-12, Atlanta, GA 30341. Telephone: 770-488-6128. E-mail: sharrykissoon@cdc.gov.
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