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| Mayor Jimmy Harris, Annette Wilson, Coordinated School Health and Elmo talk to students at Whitehall about proper handwashing and NOT sharing germs! |
PREVENTING THE FLU: GOOD HEALTH HABITS CAN HELP STOP GERMS - Avoid close contact. Avoid close contact with people who are sick. When you are sick, keep your distance from others to protect them from getting sick.
- Stay home when you are sick. Stay home from work, school, and errands when you are sick. Keep sick children home. You will help prevent others from catching the illness.
- Cover your mouth and nose. Cover you mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.
- Wash your hands often. Washing your hands and the hands of your children often will help protect you from germs.
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth. Germs are often spread when a person touches something that is contaminated with germs and then touches his or her eyes, nose, or mouth.
- Practice other good health habits. Get plenty of sleep, be physically active, manage your stress, drink plenty of fluids, and eat nutritious food.
- There is no vaccine available at this time for H1N1, so it is important for people living in the affected areas to take steps to prevent spreading the virus to others. If people are ill, they should stay at home and limit contact with others, except to seek medical care. Healthy residents living in these areas should take the everyday preventive actions listed above. People who live in these areas who develop illness with fever and respiratory symptoms, such as coughing and runny nose, and possibly other symptoms, such as body aches, nausea, or vomiting or diarrhea, should contact their health provider. Their healthcare provider will determine whether influenza testing is needed.
Coordinated School Health Brochures Health Screening Schedule JMCSS Coordinated School Health Facts - The JMCSS Coordinated School Health program began in the 2007-2008 school year.
- The Coordinated School Health program is a Tennessee Department of Education program. This program is funded by the state. Tennessee is the only state in the nation that funds the Coordinated School Health program.
- The Coordinated School Health program follows the Center for Disease Control model. This model is a systematic approach that ensures that a school community effectively links health with educational success. The eight components of Coordinated School Health are: Health Education, Health Services, Physical Education, Nutrition Services, Counseling, Psychological and Social Services, Student, Family/Community Involvement, Healthy School Environment, and Health Promotion for Staff.
- The JMCSS Coordinated School Health program employs one full-time administrator and one full-time assistant.
- Student and staff wellness is our focus. The school community can take action to protect and enhance the health of our students and staff by providing a healthy school environment and using effective health education strategies. It is vital to increase awareness of the health risks that can affect their health for the present and in the future. JMCSS has approximately 13,800 students and 2,000 staff.
- It is important that students and staff acquire the necessary knowledge, skills, and attitudes to make their informed decisions about their health and reduce risky behaviors.
- It is vital that we create awareness of how health impacts academic outcomes.
- "The mission of Coordinated School Health is to improve students' health and their capacity to learn through the support of families, communities and schools."
Contact Us:
Annette Wilson, Coordinated School Health Administrator
Phone # 731-664-2516
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