Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program in Schools Fact Sheet

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Goals

To maximize the learning potential of school age children and adolescents through healthy lifestyle education and access to appropriate state and local services.
Emphasize health education, healthy behaviors, disease prevention and access to health-related services in school health policies and programs.
Promote family and community involvement in school health programs to foster the development of positive role models and reinforce healthy lifestyles at home.

Problems

Many children and adolescents are deprived of the ability to succeed educationally because of complex social, economic and health related problems which minimize their learning potential and ability to establish and achieve life enhancing goals.

Program Activities

Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health (MCAH) Program in Schools collaborates with state and local agencies to provide services to school age children and adolescents throughout California. Program activities focus upon:

Health education
Health services
Physical education
Healthy school environment
Counseling, psychological and social services
Nutrition, physical activity and obesity prevention
Parent and community involvement
Childhood injury prevention

Who Benefits

All California children and their families

Who Provides Services

State and local health department staff who incorporate school health activities into their existing MCAH programs. To locate assistance in your area, please see our MCAH Directors and Local Toll Free Numbers Listing.

Funding

Federal Title V MCH Block Grant, local agencies. For additional information please see the MCAH in Schools Program.