What Students and Teachers Know About Health: Implications for School and Community Partnerships

Session Submission Type: Symposium

Abstract

In a period of national attention to health, research on the implications of health status for students’ school success is growing, with strong evidence that young people’s health affects their cognitive development, social-emotional well-being, capacity to cope with stress, and ability to attend school (CDC, 2009; Fiscella & Kitzman 2009; Hass & Fosse, 2008). In this interactive symposium, four researchers share data from three school districts to examine critically questions related to the ways in which educators, health care providers, students, and community members are engaging the issues of child and adolescent health and wellness. Although health status, knowledge, and behaviors affect students across class, the focus of this session is on youth and educators in urban, low-income, minority communities.

Sub Unit

• Division G - Social Context of Education / Section 5: Social Context of Research on Schools and Communities

Chairs

• Vivian L. Gadsden, University of Pennsylvania

• Mary Yee, University of Pennsylvania

Papers

• Student Experiences in the “Breakfast in the Classroom Program”: Learnings From an Urban High School - Rodney Fisher, The Marie Curie School for Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions

• Exploring Weight and Body Image in High School: An Educational Leadership Perspective - Tulane Jackson, University of Pennsylvania

• Should (Sexual) Healthcare Go to School? Conflict and Collaboration in a School-Linked Community Health Center - Laura Carolyn Murray, University of Pennsylvania

• Understanding the Role of Classroom Teachers in Issues of Student Health and Well-Being - Mary Elizabeth Del Savio, University of Pennsylvania

Discussant

• James Earl Davis, Temple University