California Healthy Kids Resource Center - - Lending Library and Resources for Healthy Kids

To support California schools in creating safe and caring school environments and delivering effective instruction and services for students’ health and safety.

About the Center
The California Healthy Kids Resource Center (CHKRC).
Health Education Library
Borrow reviewed materials for a free four-week loan.
Research-Validated Programs
Learn about the selection and implementation of evidence-based programs.
School Health Laws
Search for California education codes and other school health-related laws.
Online Trainings
Free professional development online training modules.
Coordinated School Health
Find tools to plan and implement coordinated school health programs.
Health and Academic Achievement
Access research, tools, and reports that support the importance of student health to academic achievement.
Health Data and Resources
Access surveys, reports, and resources for specific health content areas.
Funders
Learn about the center’s funders.
E-Updates Registration
Subscribe to Electronic Updates.

What’s New

Highlighted Trainings and Programs

Check out the centers' five new free online trainings on School-Based Health Education. Available 24 hours a day, these trainings are a great way to brush up on health topics or to enhance your staff trainings. Completion certificates are e-mailed after passing a five-question quiz. Try a training on Essential Concepts and Analyze Health Influences, Decision Making and Goal Setting, or choose from many other free trainings.

Childhood Obesity Conference
The nation's largest conference of professionals dedicated to combating pediatric obesity.

FRESHMeals@Schools
Access online and peer-to-peer training and technical assistance brought to you by the Fresh, Regional, Education-Supportive, Healthy Meals at Schools (FRESHMeals@Schools).

SHAPE (Shaping Health As Partners in Education) Newsletter - June 2013
The SHAPE bimonthly newsletter focuses on after school snack and supper. It also offers information about training and funding opportunities, initiatives, useful resources, research, and policies.

Team California for Healthy After Schools
TCHAS focuses on training and coaching strategies for after school teams to develop healthy after school environments and mentoring skills.

Recommended Resources

Adolescent Sexual Health Education: An Activity Sourcebook (2008)
This resource is a compilation of activities from evidence-based sexual health education programs. Activity types include role plays, group discussions, homework, and group activities.

Secondhand Smoke: Just Say Know (2010)
In Secondhand Smoke students are given a stronger understanding of how dangerous secondhand smoke is, and learn ways to avoid it through role plays and guided writing assignments.

Bullying Prevention Handbook, The: A Guide for Principals, Teachers, and Counselors (2008)
This comprehensive reference provides an array of bullying prevention information and practical applications for school professionals.

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California Department of Public Health (CDPH)

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