Bringing Public Health Education to High Schools: A Curriculum About the Root Causes of Health and Social Advocacy

Presentation Category: 
Curriculum Integration
Session Type: 
CPA Session
Presentation Description: 
Traditional health education focuses on individual behavior choices. In contrast, this innovative, 10-lesson curriculum utilizes classroom-based activities and community-based projects to 1) teach students how one’s surroundings affect health, and 2) empower students to address the goods, services, resources, and policies in their community in order to improve their community’s health.
Describes Your Focus: 
Curriculum and Instructional Strategies (for example: integrated, project-based, differentiated, industry-specific, specific-needs focused, community-service, etc.)

Session Time

Monday 3:00pm to 4:15pm
Venue: Sacramento Convention Center
Room: 317/318

Presentor/s

Nell Curran, MPH
School Outreach Director
Stanford Medical Youth Science Program

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