CALIFORNIA  HEALTHY  KIDS 

      RESOURCE  CENTER

The California Healthy Kids Resource Center (CHKRC - https://www.californiahealthykids.net/home) maintains a comprehensive collection of health education materials for use by teachers, administrators, university faculty, LEA staff and other professionals who work with preschool through 12th grade students in school settings and after-school programs.

The California Health Kids Resource Center was established to assist schools in promoting health literacy.  Health literacy is the capacity of an individual to obtain, interpret, and understand basic health information and services and the competence to use such information and services in ways that are health enhancing.

Health literate students should develop a growing mastery of knowledge, skills and behaviors in four key areas:

• Acceptance of personal responsibility for lifelong health
• Respect for and promotion of the health of others
• An understanding of the process of growth and development
• Informed use of health-related information, products and services

The California Healthy Kids Resource Center assists schools in their effort to promote healthy literacy by loaning specific instructional resources for ue either in the classroom or staff development sessions.