3117.0 School-Based Health Care: Advancing Educational Success & Public Health

Monday, October 31, 2011: 10:30 AM
Oral
Authors will share their experiences and wisdom on strategies that not only improve access to comprehensive health care, and programs but favorably impact health and educational equity as well. In addition, insight is provided into the components of a national movement designed to secure favorable local, state and national policies.
Session Objectives: To describe the role of SBHCs in achieving health and educational equity. To define the opportunities for SBHCs to impact public health goals. To describe the interrelationship between education, health, and dropout prevention.
Organizer:
Terri Wright, MPH, ABD
Moderator:
John Schlitt, MSW

10:30 AM
SBHC: A history
John Schlitt, MSW
10:50 AM
Role of School-based Health Centers in Addressing Behavioral Health in Post-Disaster New Orleans
Marsha Broussard, DrPH
11:10 AM
Towards a Movement for Health and Educational Equity
Nick Freudenberg, PhD
11:30 AM
Partnering Around High School Dropout : Advocating for Health and Educational Partnerships
Jeanita W. Richardson, PhD
11:50 AM
Lessons Learned from the School-Based Health Care Policy Program
Terri Wright, MPH, ABD

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: APHA

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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