Mary Bell, RN, BSN, NCSN
State of Alaska, Division of Public Health
Section of Women's, Children's, and Family Health
3601 C Street, Suite 322
Anchorage, AK 99503
(W) 907-269-7368
Fax: 907-269-3465
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School Health Program
Section of Woman’s, Children’s, and Family Health
Division of Public Health
Department of Health and Social Services

The School Health program is a new program as of April 2009 and is currently under development. Key components of the program are:

• Clinical consultation, technical assistance, policy development and analysis, professional education in the areas of school nursing practice and school health
• Research and evaluation of best practices in the provision of school nursing and evaluation of the provision of school nursing services in schools across the state
• Consultation and collaboration with national and state advisory committees including the National Association of State School Nurse Consultants, National School Nurse Association, Alaska Association of School Nurses, American School Health Association
• Consultation and collaboration between the Department of Health and Social Services, the Department of Education and Early Development, the Department of Transportation, All Alaska Pediatric Partnership, and the Section of Chronic Disease to develop a comprehensive state education plan inclusive of health and safety
• Inter- and intra-agency collaboration and partnering for school based health clinics, oral health sealant program, health services in schools for children with special health care needs, and emergency/disaster planning
• Leadership of school health advisory committee providing input for policy and protocol development and best practice guidelines including standardization of asthma, allergy, diabetes and seizure individual student health plans and an orientation/nursing manual
• Development and coordination of school nurse continuing education identified through a needs assessment process
• Research and evaluation of best practices in the provision of comprehensive well child preventative health visits that include developmental assessments

Here is the link to our School Health Program http://www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/wcfh/school/resources.htm#new