Workshop Details

SESSION: B8
ROOM
DATE Wednesday, June 17, 2015
TIME 1:30pm-2:45pm
ABSTRACT CATEGORY Population Focus
ABSTRACT TITLE

Eat Smart! Move Smart! Live Smart! Youth-led Obesity Prevention in School-Based Health Centers
ABSTRACT SUMMARY

Come to this interactive, youth-led panel presentation to hear directly from the School-Based Health Alliance’s Youth Advisory Council (YAC). This workshop will provide youth perspectives on obesity prevention, how SBHCs can promote awareness, and how both adolescents and adults can work together to develop and implement programming to effectively improve student health outcomes.

ABSTRACT DESCRIPTION

Youth obesity rates have been trending upwards, and the health and academic impacts of this current epidemic are having a direct effect on kids in school, academic success, their families, and the communities they live in. The School-Based Health Alliance Youth Advisory Council will share their exposure to and experiences with this public health issue on several levels, from programs and policy on school wellness programs, to affecting on-site food choices, and interactive nutrition education. Successful and innovative prevention and health promotion programs that have been implemented with the help of youth engagement in local SBHCs will be presented, and a variety of national and local level tools and practical action items will be provided for participants to take with them for use in their own settings.

PRESENTER(S)

NAME: Seleena  Moore  MPH, BA  ORGANIZATION: School-Based Health Alliance
NAME: Tobias  Rubel    ORGANIZATION: School-Based Health Alliance
NAME: Nicole  Carrillo  None  ORGANIZATION: Building Healthy Futures
NAME: Cameron  Estrada    ORGANIZATION: Impact Teens, Roswell High School
NAME: Carmen  Jimenez    ORGANIZATION: Fremont High School
NAME: Mason  Stoltz    ORGANIZATION: School-Based Health Alliance

  
AUDIENCE
ADMINISTRATORS: N
PRIMARY HEALTH: N
MENTALHEALTH: Y
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