Other Health Commissioner Resources

Health Commissioner Resources

 

National PTA Resources:

https://www.pta.org/home/programs/Healthy-Lifestyles

 

Utah Department of Health:

https://health.utah.gov/

 

Utah State Board of Education - Health Education:

https://www.schools.utah.gov/curr/health

 

Health and Academic Performance Research from the CDC:

https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/health_and_academics/pdf/health-academic-achievement.pdf

 

Alcohol/Drug/Tobacco Prevention and Education

• Parents Empowered: http://parentsempowered.org

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Environmental Health

• Utah Clean Air:  https://www.ucair.org/

• Idle Free:  http://utahcleancities.org/idle-free/

• Asthma: http://health.utah.gov/asthma/pdfs/airquality/ozone_guidance.pdf

• Asbestos:  https://www.asbestos.com/asbestos/schools/

Growth/Maturation/Human Sexuality

 

Immunization

 

Mental Health

• National Alliance on Mental Health: https://www.namiut.org/

 

Nutrition and Healthy Living & Physical Activity

• Action for Healthy Kids:https://www.actionforhealthykids.org/

• Get Healthy Utah: https://gethealthyutah.org/

• National Child Obesity Month - usually held in September, and other Monthly Health Observances

  • https://healthfinder.gov/NHO/SeptemberToolkit.aspx

• Farm to School Month - usually held in October

  • http://www.farmtoschool.org/our-work/farm-to-school-month

• Every Kid Healthy Week - usually held in April

  • http://everykidhealthyweek.org/

• Walk & Bike to School:  http://www.walkbiketoschool.org/

 

School Wellness Policies

• School Wellness Policy:  https://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/local-school-wellness-policy

• Action for Healthy Kids:https://www.actionforhealthykids.org/

 

School Nurses, Counselors, Social Workers and Psychologists

 

 

Screenings (vision, hearing, scoliosis, asthma)
 

 

Suicide Prevention

• Utah Suicide Prevention Coalition:  https://utahsuicideprevention.org/

• Hope Squad: https://hopesquad.com/

• Yellow Ribbon - Suicide Prevention, usually held in September

  • https://yellowribbon.org/

  • https://utahsuicideprevention.org/

• SafeUT:  https://attorneygeneral.utah.gov/safeut-safety-crisis-support/

• National Alliance on Mental Health: https://www.namiut.org/