The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Abstract #47163

Ken Feske, Prgram Director Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative Salinas, CA, 546 Lincoln Ave, Salinas, CA 93901, (831)751-7760, kfeske@salinas.k12.ca.us

Each Safe Schools/Healthy Students site has unique characteristics that help shape the local SS/HS strategy for healthy student development and a safe school environment. This presentation will highlight first-year findings from one Sentinel Site in the SS/HS Interdepartmental Initiative, the Partners for Peace initiative in a California city. The local findings on will be compared and contrasted with aggregate findings from the National Evaluation of the 77 sites that comprise the first two cohorts of the SS/HS Interdepartmental Initiative.

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this symposium, the participant will be able to

• Describe the key features of the SS/HS Interdepartmental Initiative;
• Describe initial findings from a selected SS/HS Sentinel Site.

Keywords: Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Community Collaboration

Related Web page: www.sshsevaluation.org/

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.