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School Health Index (SHI)
Use of the SHI
Impact on Policies and Programs
Schools across the country have made many changes in their health and
safety policies and programs after implementing the SHI. Examples of some of
the changes that have been made include the following:
Physical Activity
- Developed walking clubs and adopted Kids Walk to School programs
- Increased time for physical education
- Installed fitness stations on campus for student and community use
- Hired a PE teacher
- Added additional PE electives
- Offered badminton, ping-pong, bowling, horseshoes, hula-hoops,
juggling, and pipe dancing as part of physical education
- Added structured daily recess
- Offered recess before lunch
- Purchased pedometers
- Built a walking trail or created walking paths
- Incorporated physical activity into math lessons
- Offered after-school access to gym
- Opened fitness centers at schools for community use
- Offered aerobics and yoga classes to teachers
- Upgraded playground equipment
- Installed climbing wall
Nutrition
- Offered cooking classes or cooking clubs
- Incorporated vegetable gardening into science classes
- Removed unhealthy food choices from vending machines
- Added another lunch line to increase the time students have to eat
- Developed policies on classroom snacks and à la carte items
- Offered salad bar every day
- Purchased a milk vending machine
- Removed all fried foods; only baked items now offered
- Offered fresh fruits and vegetables at lunch
- Offered only 1% or skim milk
- Added healthy choices to vending machines
- Increased lunch price to provide more money to purchase healthy
options
- Added milk and juice to vending machine
- Offered whole wheat bread at lunch
- Moved healthy choices to the front of the food line
- Allowed students to prepare school lunch menus
Tobacco
- Made all schools in the state tobacco-free
- Offered tobacco cessation programs
Unintentional Injury and Violence Prevention
- Offered CPR training for staff
- Revised and updated school crisis response plan
- Provided training on conflict resolution to staff
Asthma
- Offered asthma in-service training to staff
- Used Open Airways curriculum to educate families about asthma
- Started a Power Breathers club for support and asthma
education
Cross-Cutting
- Sponsored Healthy Activity Nights for families to enjoy healthy
dinner and health education on asthma, physical activity, and nutrition
- Provided health tips of the day to students and periodically in
school newsletters
- Created a school health team
- Offered wellness programs for school staff
- Students created closed-circuit health-related productions
- Placed healthy choice tips in parent newsletters
- Offered health screenings to staff
- Designated space for health lessons, yoga classes, and aerobics
- Created health promotion bulletin board
- Created committee to explore grant opportunities and present to
school board
- Offered health education in all grades
- Provided staff training regarding illness and special needs
- Provided Health Tip of the Day
- Developed homework activities that encourage more parent-student
involvement
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