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Session: Community Connections for Effective School Health
4065.0: Tuesday, November 07, 2006: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Community Connections for Effective School Health
a foundation of the coordinated school health model is the connections between schools, community agencies, public and private groups as well as the home to provide education, services and a health enhancing environment to students. This session will outline the components of the coordinated school health model and describe several projects including the collaboration between elementary schools and a junior high school to improve health and wellness of the students, the Michigan Healthy Community initiative for university students, grants to medically underserved and low income children in Georgia, and the collaboration between university students and local school system to monitor height and weight of students in Boston schools.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: 1. Identify basic components of the Coordinated School Health Model 2. Describe strategies to enhance partnerships between school districts, universities and public and private agencies to enhance the health of students 3. Describe the impact of these partnerships on the wellness of students
Organizer(s):Terry Wessel #school
Moderator(s):Bill Cissell, PhD
8:30 AMIntegrating Public Health Evidenced-Based Practices in School Health and Nutrition: An Effective Partnership Between Schools, Public Health and Community  [ Recorded presentation ]
Deborah Davenport, RN, MS, Grace Lubwama, MPH, Susan Enguidanos, MPH, PhD, Jean Varden, RN, MEd, Bart Hoffman, MA EdAdmin
8:50 AMMichigan Healthy Community Initiative: An innovative partnership approach to student health and wellness on a university campus  [ Recorded presentation ]
Katherine Edgren, MSW, Robert A. Winfield, MD, Christy R. Houle, MPH, Jose A. Bauermeister, MPH
9:10 AMPublic Private Partnership has Positive Impact on School Health Programs  [ Recorded presentation ]
MaryAnn Phillips, MPH, Bernette Sherman, MPA, Karen Minyard, PHD, James Emshoff, PhD
9:30 AMMobilizing university-community partnerships to implement overweight surveillance in schools
Mary Rowan, RN, MS, Maureen Starck, RN, MEd, Juhee Kim, ScD, Nancy Sullivan, RN, MS, FNP-C, Linda Grant, MD, MPH, Jennifer Burden, ScD, CHES, Elizabeth Walker, MS, Karen E. Peterson, RD, DSc
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:School Health Education and Services
Endorsed by:Academic Public Health Caucus; Maternal and Child Health
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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