249580 Trends in Body Mass Index and Associated Chronic Health Problems Among Pennsylvania School Children - a Study on the Effectiveness of Using an online Coordinated School Information System to Document School Health

Tuesday, November 1, 2011: 9:30 AM

David K. Lohrmann, PhD , Applied Health Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Amed Youssefagha, PhD , Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
This session will explain how a state-wide PK-12 electronic student health record system was accessed in order to conduct data mining of de-identified health information to determine long term trends in the student population. Electronic healthcare collection tools for student health data can improve and guide the development of intervention programs with local community partners and constitute a low-cost surveillance system utilizing data routinely collected by trained health professionals.

Learning Areas:
Administer health education strategies, interventions and programs
Advocacy for health and health education
Assessment of individual and community needs for health education
Conduct evaluation related to programs, research, and other areas of practice
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs

Learning Objectives:
Explain how a Coordinated School Health Information System can collect and analyze de-identified health information to determine long term trends in the school population Describe how trend data was collected over time and how to interpret trends Demonstrate the use of electronic healthcare collection tools to identify and collect health data, to implement effective strategies to improve student health and to develop intervention programs with local community partners

Keywords: School-Based Programs, School-Based Health Care

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: This presentation discusses the use of a health informatics portal entitled Health eTools for Schools. The Portal is sponsored in Pennsylvania by the Highmark Foundation and is in use in over 1100 school buildings. For more information on the portal and h

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am qualified because I have conducted research in the areas of school health and school health services for the past 20 years and have given over 40 presentations in these areas
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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