Health Education

I really enjoyed the SHI video and it had some very useful information that was very knowledgeable. The SHI purpose is to show the strengths and weaknesses of the health policies that our in the schools. The also want schools to develop an action plan to improve the school health. The SHI is a step by step process, an action plan. One of my favorite things is that the index is based on CDC guidelines. It also follows the Coordinated School Health’s eight model step. This is important because it keeps things easy to follow for the ones who are trying to create a healthy action plan. The CDC is trying to make it more user friendly since some of the facts are hard to understand. Since they have revised it adding new topics, one of the newest ones is asthma. This is very important since it’s becoming a major issue with children. Just like obesity, asthma can effect how our students learn. The SHI is currently in 46 states across the United States, and Tennessee the first state to have an SHI policy implemented in every school.

The SHI has made a difference in schools by creating a school health team. Children are also picking more healthy food options, this is due to the fact the healthy foods are now in the front of the lunch line. Schools in the SHI program have switched from fried to bake foods. With the SHI program the low scores do not indicate low performance in the schools. To complete an SHI worksheet is usually takes around six hours. For schools this can be an awareness builder, and their are two versions one for elementary and one for middle/highschool. Finally, the schools can customize their SHI to fit their needs.