Health & WelLness

Community groups, organizations, and local businesses create partnerships with schools and families. This ensures a sharing of resources in communities and promotes development of students' health literacy, social connectedness, and academic success. NCSU schools, students, and families benefit as many district-wide activities solicit and coordinate information, resources, and services available from community-based organizations, businesses, cultural and civic organizations, as well as other community groups.

• North Country Supervisory Union students in grades 6-12 are asked to participate in an anonymous bi-annual questionnaire called the Youth Risk Behavior Survey. The YRBS was developed to monitor priority health risk behaviors such as:
  • Behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence
  • Physical activity
  • Nutrition
  • Weight status
  • Tobacco use
  • Alcohol and other drug use
  • Sexual behaviors

The results of the survey helps guide the state of VT and NCSU to increase support and/or education in topics statistically less healthy than the state averages. To view North Country's results follow this link: http://www.healthvermont.gov/sites/default/files/NorthCountry_SU.pdf and for further detial about the survey questions follow this link: http://www.healthvermont.gov/health-statistics-vital-records/population-health-surveys-data/youth-risk-behavior-survey-yrbs

Health Literacy- The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, Title V, defines health literacy as the degree to which an individual has the capacity to obtain, communicate, process, and understand basic health information and services to make appropriate health decisions. Please visit the CDC site for more information.