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HBO Series on Obesity
HBO will air “The Weight of the Nation,” four hour-long documentaries on the health consequences of obesity, on May 14, 15 and 16th. The documentaries feature in-depth coverage of the causes of childhood obesity, the decline of physical education classes,…
February is National School-Based Health Center Awareness Month
February is a great time to celebrate our successes. We encourage you to put a voice and face to your SBHCs with videos, poems, photos and stories. You could even win $200! The theme for the 2012 SBHC Awareness…
School-based clinics delivering benefits
(WV Public Broadcasting) With the recent focus on sky-rocketing truancy in West Virginia schools, more communities are seeing the value of school-based clinics which treat students on-site, regardless of their ability to pay. Read more.
A Place at School Where Students Can Unload Stress and Worry
(New York Times) The San Francisco Unified School District has built a pioneering support network to help teenagers escape the private suffering of adolescence that erases the line between nurturing emotional health and providing an education. Read more.
Seattle Mayor: Pass $231.5 Million Families & Education Levy
(Post-Intelligencer) Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and health professionals staged a media event Wednesday to promote passage of a $231.5 million Families and Education Levy designed to provide “wrap around services” to city schools. Read more.
School Health Centers Improve Grades
(UPI) About 1,900 U.S. school-based health centers that deliver comprehensive healthcare to students are improving academic success, a non-profit group says. Read more.
New SBHC Opens in Eugene, OR
In a time when school districts across Oregon are cutting back key services due to budget problems, the Bethel School District is celebrating an expansion of services for student health, as the district has just opened its very first student…
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