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A Coordinated School Health Program (CSHP) is an effective system designed to connect health (physical, social and emotional) with educational (cognitive and intellectual) programs. This coordinated approach to school health improves kids' health and their capacity to learn through the support of families, communities and schools working together.

Perhaps the most important vehicle to coordination of the school health program is the involvement of youth, parents, families and the community at large in the program. Full involvement of these entities as partners in the educational process brings valuable input to the program, increases the commitment of all partners to the program, and ensures that the "worlds of school and home" that form the primary sphere of influence for children are fully aligned and in agreement in the realm of health.