This session aims to provide a public health perspective on identifying and mitigating the pernicious impact of chronic stress on urban, minority youth. It provides a foundation for differentiating types of stress responses, which requires an assessment of social and environmental factors that impact risk behaviors, wellness, and school success. The session will also discuss strategies for implementing school-wide chronic stress management programming and policies.
ABSTRACT DESCRIPTION
This session aims to provide a public health perspective on mitigating the pernicious impact of chronic stress on urban, minority youth. It provides a foundation for differentiating types of stress responses, which requires an assessment of social and environmental factors that impact risk behaviors, wellness, and school success. The session will also discuss strategies for implementing school-wide chronic stress management programming and policies. Inherent in these concepts and processes are opportunities for engaging youth as key partners in championing public health prevention and intervention to advance population health. These approaches also promote health equity by ensuring high school completion, and a lifetime of better health and economic opportunities.
Divided into two seventy-five minute blocks, the first will explore the social determinants of chronic stress and the impact of environmental stressors on adolescent development. The second will discuss public health strategies for SBHC clinicians to identify and respond to chronic stress school-wide. The extended time will allow participants to unpack the experiences of poverty that result in chronic or traumatic stress for adolescents and youth authenticated coping strategies.
PRESENTER(S)
NAME: Terri Wright MPH, PhD ORGANIZATION: American Public Health Association NAME: Olga Acosta Price PhD ORGANIZATION: The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools
AUDIENCE
ADMINISTRATORS: N
PRIMARY HEALTH: Y
MENTALHEALTH: N
ORGANIZATIONAL: N
PUBLIC HEALTH: N
EDUCATION: N
YOUTH: N
Technical
issues should be directed to Deirdre Taylor via email: dtaylor@sbh4all.org
or Telephone: (202) 638-5872, ext. 204
