777 School Health Success Stories

Saturday, April 4, 2009: 1:00 PM-2:15 PM
Tampa Convention Center: 7-8
AAHE/Implement Strategies/Interventions/Programs
Presider: Maria Okeke, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL
CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) has been developing resources related to the relationship between health and academic achievement. This session will provide an overview of those resources. Hear highlights from a model project creating an environment where nutrition and physical activity messages and experiences are simple, consistent, and ubiquitous in making a difference in the lives of students, parents and educators.
What Does Health Have to do with Academic Achievement?
Carolyn Fisher, CDC, Atlanta, GA
Coordinating Healthy Messages School-wide: A Success Story
Marci Kelly Scott, Michigan Fitness Foundation, Lansing, MI
Handouts
  • alcohol_other_drugf&AAfactsheet.pdf (141.1 kB)
  • health_risk_behaviors&AAoverviewfactsheet.pdf (180.7 kB)
  • physical_inactivity_unhealthy_weight&AAfactsheet.pdf (159.0 kB)
  • sexual_risk_behaviors&AAfactsheet.pdf (143.9 kB)
  • tobacco_use.&AAfactsheet.pdf (147.9 kB)
  • unintentional_injury_violence&AAfactsheet.pdf (162.4 kB)