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New
Partners, New Tools, New Possibilities: Views From the Fields of Education
and Public Health
School-based
programs should be a key component of a comprehensive community health
promotion agenda. Youth who are ill, are physically inactive, use
tobacco, or use other drugs are unlikely to succeed in school. Furthermore,
the burden that chronic diseases place on our nation’s medical
and economic systems will likely worsen unless we in public health
are able to prevent the risk among our young people (1). Our nation’s
121,000 schools can play a critically important role in improving
the health of children and adolescents. School-based health promotion
programs also can have a positive impact on the academic performance,
quality of life, and economic productivity of students (2)….Continue
reading article from the CDC.
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