HEALTH AHEAD/HEART SMART Other programs and activities:

1)  Special activities for children and parents

Heart Smart week
Health Fair
Geographic fun run
Teacher program to improve personal lifestyles
Parent newsletter
Male role model
Plant a garden

2)  Inservice Training – concepts of health promotion and adopting healthy lifestyles – personal and childhood. This training by specialists include behavioral concepts of learning life long health, how to internalize and make personal health messages being taught children. When possible a complete risk factor profile should be obtained on teachers, classroom and physical educators, and on cafeteria workers.

3)  Develop “Health Passport” for each child to include height, weight, blood pressure, vaccinations, and record of special health problems, i.e., medications and major illnesses. Starting in kindergarten this personal record accompanies the child as they advance through each grade.