The Florida School Health Association (FSHA) was formed in 1983 through the dedication and hard work of involved members. FSHA believes that the ability to learn at school is directly related to the status of the student’s well-being.

FSHA is a multidisciplinary organization of administrators, school nurses, health educators, counselors, physical educators, social workers, school based psychologists, and nutritionists.

What FSHA Supports

The purpose of the Association is to support a comprehensive and coordinated approach resulting in improved school health programs in the state of Florida.

Coordinated school health programs pull together all persons and services that provide or promote health in the school setting. These services include, but are not limited to: health education for students, staff, and families; physical fitness and physical education; provision of food and nutrition; school nursing and health office activities; providing a healthy school environment; health promotion programs for school staff and families; and social services that encourage social and emotional health.

For more information about the coordinated school health approach visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Mission
To foster learning, collaboration, and innovation among school health professionals throughout the State of Florida to improve the health and health literacy of all students.

Vision
To be the lead organization for school health professionals throughout the State of Florida to effectively improve the health and health literacy of all students. 

Beliefs and Values
We believe a coordinated school health approach is the most effective and efficient means of promoting healthy citizens (ASHA Core 3), and that our organization will continually strive to promote, facilitate, and exhibit the leadership needed to ensure a coordinated school health approach is ingrained throughout our Florida school systems.

We believe in the following values:
Leadership: Active leadership is needed to continually work towards a coordinated school health approach at all levels of our community.

Education: We believe an educated school health workforce utilizing professional development opportunities and sharing of best practices among our profession is a core component to continually innovate and promote the best science and research to help improve the lives of our students.

Advocacy: Our organization is an advocate for the coordinated school health approach in the state of Florida, and in doing so, continually works to ensure health and health literacy concerns are addressed by our community leaders. 

Relationships: As part of a coordinated school health approach, and because of the diversity in school health professionals, we believe nurturing and fostering relationships with all school health professionals as a core component of achieving our overall goals. In addition, school health professionals must foster relationships with all members of the community, including students, in order to achieve our mission of improving health and health literacy for all students.

Nurture: We develop our work towards our overall vision and mission of improving the health and health literacy of students. We believe our organization and members must address issues in school health that may impede our progress and will respond and adapt our efforts in order to mitigate these impediments.