Chapter 1 - Linking Health & Learning:  An Overview of Coordinated School Health
1.  What are the eight components of a coordinated school health program?
2.  Most schools have these eight components.  What makes the coordinated school health program approach new?
3.  What are the six preventable behaviors that account for most serious illness and premature death in the U.S.  (Sometimes called the CDC 6)?
4.  From Figure 1.3 The Condition of Today's Students, which condition is most startling to you?
5.  What are the National Education Goals?
6.  In your experience how well have schools coordinated the efforts of these eight components?

Kreuter Chapter 2 - Information to Insight
1.  This chapter points out the need for using data in planning program priorities.  Which was deemed a higher priority the smokeless (spit) tobacco program or the breast cancer program AND why?
2.  What types of data are contained in a community health profile and are imporatnt to consider in planning for prirorities?
3.  What is the best source of behavioral risk data?

Chapter 2 - Implementing Coordinated School Health Programs in Local Schools
1.  What is the "innovation" described in chapter 2?
2.  Who are the key players in developing a coordinated school health program?
3.  What is the role of the Healthy School Team?
4.  Look at the examples of Health Activities, Services and Policies in Figure 2.4.  Which sounds most interesting?
5.  Spend some time exploring the Fitness Fever website (www.fitnessfever.com) and describe how this one program could bring together multiple components of coordinated school health program as an example of collaboration.

Chapter 3 - Comprehensive School Health Education
1.  What are the eight characteristics of effective curricula?
2.  What are the ten traditional content areas?
3.  What are the seven National Health Education Standards?
4.  What is the current trend in curriculum development?
5.  What four characteristics do effective school health curricula share?
6.  What is meant by "scope and sequence"?
7.  Describe the professional training of those who currently conduct health education.
8.  Describe the action steps for planning and developing curriculum.

Chapter 4 - Family and Community Involvement in School Health
1.  How can schools involve families?
2.  What does the Byck Cradle School example teach us?
3.  What are the challenges to family involvement?
4.  Give three examples of how communities can become involved.
5.  Summarize the statement of the National PTA Supporting Family & Community Involvement - Figure 4.3.
6.  What joint actions by families, schools and others in the community can foster involvement?