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Prepared by Rosemary Summers Orange County Health Director Proposal on School Nurse Deployment for Chapel Hill- Carrboro and Orange County School Systems March 28, 2001 "Students who are hungry, sick, troubled or depressed cannot function well in the classroom, no matter how good the school." .Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development INTRODUCTION The goal of a working infrastructure between education and health is to enable schools and communities to create coordinated school health programs. Coordinated School Health Programs (CSHPs) is a goal of both the . North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and the Department of Health and Human Services. A model- coordinated program includes all eight of the following components: • Comprehensive School Health Education (grades K -12) • School Health Services • A Safe Physical Environment • School Counseling, Psychological, and Social Services • Physical Education • Nutrition Services • School -Site Health Promotion for Staff • Family and Community Involvement in Schools With all of these components in place, a student will be healthier. They will be in school, in class, and ready to learn. This discussion focuses on only one aspect of the components above: School Health Services. NEED FOR SCHOOL NURSING SERVICES In 1997, the North Carolina Youth Risk Behavior Survey for Grades 9 -12 found the following for North Carolina students: • 21 % reported having seriously considered suicide in the last year • 25% reported smoking a cigarette before age 13 16% reported having had four or more sexual partners 48% reported having sexual intercourse • 79% reported drinking alcohol in the last 30 days 47% reported using marijuana at least once These behaviors obviously do not begin at the ninth grade, but are the cumulative result of prior years.