Lecture 1: Introduction To Comprehensive School Health Education

SPE 112: Comprehensive School Health Education
Objectives:
At the end of the lecture, the students will be able to do the following:
a. interrelate the concepts of health and health education
b. identify the various concepts and meanings raised by various authorities about
health and health education
c. manifest appreciation of the importance of a comprehensive school health
education program
COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION
CSHE includes curriculum, instruction and assessment that is sequential from

kindergarten through high school and meets the health education standards
outlined in the curriculum standards.
CSHE addresses physical, mental, emotional, and social aspects of health, and
provides knowledge and skills that promote and enhance lifelong healthy
behaviors.
CSHE motivates and enables students to maintain and improve their health,
prevent disease, and reduce health-related risk behaviors. Health education
gives students the knowledge and skills to thrive physically, mentally,
emotionally, and socially. This knowledge helps students meet the challenges of
growing up by giving them the life tools to become physically and intellectually
healthy individuals.
CSHE helps students to recognize the causes of ill health and to understand the
benefits of prevention.
HEALTH EDUCATION
Through health education, students become aware of the dimensions of good

health:
physical soundness and vigor
mental alertness and ability to concentrate
expressing emotions in a healthy way
resiliency
critical thinking skills; and
positive relations with others.
Health education also includes a set of skills to help students be better
consumers of information, to manage stress and conflict, and to make better
decisions in the face of conflicting messages, thus assisting them to live healthier
Lecture 1: Introduction to Comprehensive School Health Education
Lecture 1: Introduction to Comprehensive School

Health Education
Health Education According to Various Authorities

Ruth Grout
It is the translation of what about health into desirable individual and
community behavior patterns by means of the educational process.
Ruth Grout has divided health education from her definition into three parts,
namely:
a. Basic Health Concept what is known about health
b. The ultimate health goals desirable individual and community behavior
patterns
c. The educational process translation by means of the educational process
Thomas Wood
It is defined as the sum of experiences which favorably influence health habits,
attitudes, and knowledge relating to individual, community, and racial health.
Thomas Wood suggested that health education has four phases: (S-P-M-E)
a. Sensitization - The process by which the individual and the community are made
aware of the existence of certain things such as: health departments programs
and projects; occurrence of diseases; and services rendered by DOH, DSWD,
and/or other related-health agencies.
b. Publicity - Presenting more details about the items mentioned in simple concise
statement. This is done through print and media.
c. Motivation - Through decision-making and values clarification. This approach will
help the individual clarify his values about health into productive and
meaningful.
d. Education - This phase may enhance knowledge and learning either through
formal and non-formal or informal education.
Frederick Kilander
It is the sum of all experiences relating to individual and community health.
Frederick Kilander divided health education into three areas:
a. Education of the General Public. Community organizing will pave the way
for public education. Coordination with the barangay officials and
barangay council.
b. School health programs. Through well-organized programs pertinent to
the school, health
education will enable the school child to learn the
importance of health and promote safety of everybody in school.
c. Training of workers in the field of public health. It is the responsibility of
the school heads to send teachers for health education training to
improve teaching potentials.
lives. Health education is a core academic subject requiring appropriate

resources and support. (TCSH)
HEALTH ACCORDING TO VARIOUS AUTHORITIES

World Health Organization
Health is the state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
This definition implies that our body has the ability to adjust and constantly
strive for stability and balance which is called the theory of homeostasis.
Our body state can be fluctuating at different levels of wellness as it strives for
homeostasis.
These levels of wellness had been identified by the American Association for
Health, Physical Education, and Recreation with five components and their
characteristics.
Five Components/Levels of Wellness identified by AAHPHER
Physical Fitness - This component makes the body systems and organs
function efficiently, have a high level of resistance and immunity, have
muscular strength, flexibility, and neuromuscular coordination and balance.
Emotional Fitness - This component which includes the feelings, thoughts,
social behavior, and identity helps a person cope with stress successfully; feel
good about ones self and others; accept reality and appreciate
consequences; maintain self-control, self-discipline, and emotional stability;
accept social roles and responsibility for behavior; and establish, comply, and
maintain commitments.
Social Fitness - This component has something to do with interacting with
others such as socializing with friends, relatives, and others in a desirable
way; having friends of all ages; and accepting responsibility for others.
Spiritual Fitness - It is the inner strength to live. As a human being one must
have: faith and hope; aspire for quality and better life; achieve and
accomplish the ambition; and live a peaceful life.
Cultural Fitness - This component is involved in healthful community
activities, such as participating in civic organizations and in resolving
community problems and contributing talents and abilities for community
improvement.
Carl Anderson
Defined health education as the growth within a childs ability to understand
health knowledge and to utilize and apply meaning to it.
World Health Organization
Health is a process with intellectual, psychological, and social dimensions relating
to activities which increase the ability of people to make inferred decisions
affecting their personal, family, and community well-being.
This process is based on scientific principles, facilitates learning and behavioural
change in both health personnel and consumers, including the youth and adults.
The five components or levels of wellness are inseparable and interdependent

parts of the whole of your being.
They are integral part of your health behavior and of quality lifestyle.
Carl Anderson
Health is the quality of physical, emotional, and mental well-being which enables
one to live effectively and enjoyably.
Frederick Kilander
Defines health as the complete fitness of the body, soundness of mind, and
wholesomeness of emotion which makes possible the highest quality of effective
living and of service.
The definitions of WHO, Anderson, and Kilander aimed for the individual to achieve a
desirable health behavior in order to live productively, efficiently, and enjoyably
throughout the years of the human beings life.
Source:
Lopez, Lorna Fe P., Beldia, McDonald D., and Pangan, Romulo J. PHYSICAL EDUCATION,
HEALTH, AND MUSIC Textbook in PEHM for First Year High School. Rex Bookstore Inc.
2000 (pages 203-206)
Tennessee Coordinated School Health. Comprehensive School Health Education
retrieved from:
https://www.tn.gov/assets/entities/education/attachments/csh_def_comprehensive_h
ealth_ed.pdf

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SPE 112: Comprehensive School Health Education

CSHE includes curriculum, instruction and assessment that is sequential from

Through health education, students become aware of the dimensions of good