Health is more than just the absence of physical illness and disease.  It encompasses the mental, emotional, and social wellbeing of a chilld.  Health programs recognize and eliminate risk factors that result in negative health outcomes.  Attendance, behavior, and academic achivement can be affected when students are not healthy. 

 

 

 Current initiatives:

• The Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services Dental Clinic comes to the schools to perform dental exams and sealant procedures on students.
• Health education, medicine management, and care plans for allergies and chronic diseases are provided by senior nursing students from Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo Valley Community College, in partnership with a Kalamazoo Public Schools nurse.
• Mental health services through the Elizabeth Upjohn Community Healing Center, Family & Children Services, and other partners are connected with students who can benefit from individual counseling.
• The School-Based Health Center at Edison Environmental Science Academy gives on-site access to students of Edison, as well as members of the adjacent Boys and Girls Club.  
• Grief and loss support groups are facilitated by Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan

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