Promoting Health and Academic Success

Part I: Moving From Coordinated School Health to the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Approach

Chapter 1 Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child: A New Model for Health and Academic Success
Chapter 2 Historical Overview of Coordinated School Health
Chapter 3 Components of the WSCC Model

Part II: Putting the Focus on the Child

Chapter 4 The Whole Child Initiative
Chapter 5 Linking Health and Academic Success

Part III: Building Partnerships and Support

Chapter 6 Role of School Administration
Chapter 7 Meeting the Needs of Diverse Students, Families, and Communities
Chapter 8 Community Involvement

Part IV: Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation

Chapter 9 Planning for WSCC
Chapter 10 Implementing WSCC
Chapter 11 Evaluating WSCC

Part V: The Path Forward

Chapter 12 Building on the Past and Moving Into the Future
Chapter 13 Perspectives From the Field

Appendix: Assessment Instruments and Tools

David A. Birch, PhD, MCHES, is professor and chair of the department of health science at the University of Alabama. He is president-elect of the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) and is past president of the American Association for Health Education (AAHE). He has served on the board of directors of AAHE, the American School Health Association (ASHA), and the National Association of Health Education Centers (NAHEC) and on the board of trustees of the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE).

Donna M. Videto, PhD, MCHES, is a professor of health at SUNY College at Cortland. She is a national leader in school health and has published articles on health education in several journals, written chapters in four books, and coauthored a book on assessment in health education. She has also made numerous presentations across the United States on health education and was given the 2012 New York AHPERD Amazing People Award for outstanding contributions and commitment to professional excellence.