Every day, schools face a range of health issues, from violence and playground safety to indoor air quality; even staffing of school nursing services is a daily concern. As well, school personnel must be ready for the thousands of children with special needs who receive health services in school settings.

The Child and Adolescent Health section works to address these issues in partnership with schools, state agencies, and community resources. The goal is to provide healthy, safe environments where teachers can teach, and students can learn.

	Teen Health Fact Sheets. Addressing the key issues that adolescents face, Teen Health Fact Sheets provide information that families, health providers, and teens can use.
	Age of Consent provides the Revised Codes of Washington, or RCWs, pertinent to minors' consent-to-health-services rights. (PDF file)
Helpful Links Links to external resources are provided as a public service and do not imply endorsement by the Washington State Department of Health.
Environmental Health The School Safety and Health program offers information on WACs, fact sheets, contact numbers and related resource sites. Also has the School Indoor Air Quality Best Management Practice Manual.
Healthy Youth 2004 Survey is a collaborative effort of the Department of Health, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), Department of Social and Health Services and other state and local agencies. Many agencies in Washington, including schools, work to help kids grow up in healthy environments. The survey helps these agencies to find out more about the strengths and weaknesses in our communities and programs for youth.
Bright Futures Guidelines for parents and health care providers to help children from birth through adolescence grow up healthy.
The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools is a policy and program resource center located at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services.
School Facilities Health and Safety Guide for K-12 Schools in Washington, produced jointly by the Washington Dept. of Health and Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Learning and Teaching Support Staff Model for the Delivery of School Health Services and introduction to the School Nurse Corps, funded by Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.
CDC Adolescent & School Health Division offers publications, resources, information and tools.
Center for Mental Health Services features publications, policy briefs, and resources on mental health issues for youth and adolescents.
Revised Code of Washington provides links to RCW 28A, the common school manual and statutes related to schools.

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