5200.0: Wednesday, October 24, 2001: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

Oral Session

School Health as a Community Asset

Recognition of the resources of the school health program as assets within community capacity studies is important. Presenters will address the level to which school and community leaders communicate about the role of the school health program within community health planning
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Organizer(s):Ruth Ann Althaus, PhD, MPH
2:30 PMAbstinent citizens: Participation and justice in abstinence-only curricula
Jessica Fields, PhD (7/01)
2:45 PMAn economic evaluation of a school-based chlamydia screening program
Li Yan Wang, MBA, MA, Gale Burstein, MD, MPH, Deborah Cohen
3:00 PMAre school-based mental health programs cost-effective?: Applying economic evaluation methods to school-based mental health programs
Pinka Chatterji, PhD, Christine M. Caffray, MA, Linda Freeman, MD, Maura Crowe, BA, Peter Jensen, MD
3:15 PMEffectiveness of school-based programs in preventing adolescent risk behaviors: Lessons from the literature
B. Helen Thomas, MSc
3:30 PMLessons learned from the implementation of a school-based, small-group approach to promoting adolescent preventive health seeking behavior: Preliminary findings
Alwyn Cohall, MD, Renee Cohall, ACSW, Jennifer Ellis, BA
3:45 PMParent and family influences on adolescent risk behaviors: Recommendations for school-based parent intervention components
Patricia J. Dittus, PhD
Sponsor:School Health Education and Services
Cosponsors:HIV/AIDS; Public Health Nursing
CE Credits:Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA