The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Model: A New Approach for Improving Educational Attainment and Healthy Development for Students

Journal of School Health

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 729-739

  Lewallen, Theresa C ^a   Hunt, Holly ^b   Potts Datema, William ^c   Zaza, Stephanie ^c   Giles, Wayne ^b  

^a ASCD   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordinated school health; Health and academics; School health; Whole child

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COUNSELING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84943140744     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/josh.12310     Document Type: Article

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