OPHI’s RFTS (Right from the Start) and Multnomah County Health Department’s REACH (Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health) programs have developed a Nutrition Activity Plan. This plan is meant to be implemented by child...
A new Health and Outdoor Education Guideline has been released by the Health and Outdoors Initiative, a partnership between OPHI, Willamette Partnership, Oregon Community Health Workers Association, Oregon Healthiest State, Portland State, and the...
School Based Health Centers increase access to health services to school aged children and adolescents by incorporating the health practice into the school. This aims to decrease costs, improve health outcomes through primary and secondary...
This tool is a program recommendation based on research showing the preventative health use of increased physical activity in schools. Increasing physical activity in schools can be done through physical education classes, however this...
This literature assessment from EPPI Centre identifies risk factors and interventions for poor outcomes among youth, to be combated by Targeted Youth Support (TYS). The TYS initiative uses a collaborative approach to the complex...
This is an informational tool that advocates for the implementation of a comprehensive health education program, starting in kindergarten. The aim of a comprehensive health education program is to increase children’s health knowledge and...
Health in Mind is an approach to bring health and wellness into schools through the rethinking of school health services and the collaboration of health and school systems. This advocacy tool provides suggestions and...
This tool from MedlinePlus, compiles tools and information on health in schools to be used by health professionals, educators, advocates, parents, and students. The site includes links with information on the benefits of school...
