Healthy Schools: A Social Justice Issue?

A blog post on www.healthinschools.org discusses a more holistic approach to what kids learn in school about healthy living.

Choose Respect

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has assembled is a tool kit concerning prevention of adolescent dating violence and how to form healthy relationships. The tool kit contains links to websites containing resources to help teens learn at home, in school, and in the community.

'Nexus Campus' Could Serve As a Model in New Orleans

A multiuse center on the campus of a New Orleans elementary school includes a health clinic, a public library, an adult computer lab and other community services alongside preschool and kindergarten classrooms. Supporters say the Mahalia Jackson Early Childhood & Family Learning Center could be a model for creating more cohesive communities as the area continues to reinvest and rebuild schools and facilities destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.

Food Revolution in the Classroom

Studies show that kids who eat school lunches are more likely to end up overweight according to a recent production of This Week with Christiane Amanpour. View Amanpour's interview with Jamie Oliver, a chef that has begun a campaign to improve nutritional content in America's school lunches.

American School Health Association (ASHA) Post Conference Workshop: Gaining Administrative Support for School Health by Working Together

The focus of the workshop is how to gain administrative support for meeting student health needs and promoting academic success through a coordinated/team approach. You will have the opportunity to interact with 2010 winner of the ASHA's Superintendent's School Health Leadership Award, as well as coordinators from several local school systems who will share their wisdom and successful lessons learned in working with their Superintendents.

This exciting, highly interactive and applicable workshop is scheduled on Saturday afternoon especially to encourage participation by CDC Funded Partner sites who are attending their conference starting the following day.

Find out more and register for ASHA's conference.