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...
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 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...
Let’s Move is a national campaign/initiative headed by First Lady Michelle Obama. The initiative aims to decrease childhood obesity through increasing access to healthy foods and promotion increased activity levels. There are multiple ways...
Let’s Move is a national campaign/initiative headed by First Lady Michelle Obama. The initiative aims to decrease childhood obesity through increasing access to healthy foods and promoting increased activity levels. Let’s Move: Museums and...
The Rural Restaurant Healthy Options Program is a low cost way of increasing awareness of healthy menu choices at rural restaurants. These menu items are already offered at these restaurants, so they come at...
From EPPI Centre in the UK, this is a systematic review that identifies barriers and facilitators for healthy eating among children. Policy makers, practitioners, researchers, and families can use this information to increase children’s...
