Third Thursday Breakfast Broadcast
Third Thursday Breakfast Broadcast is a monthly satellite broadcast series on new and emerging public health issues. It is sponsored by the School of Public Health, the NYS Department of Health, the NYS Community Health Partnership, the NYS Association of County Health Officials, and the NYS Nurses Association.
School-Based Health Centers
Satellite broadcast originally aired September 18, 2003
- Now available via videostreaming through funding from the New York-New Jersey Public Health Training Center (Requires basic RealOne Player which is available as a free download.)
- Apply for Continuing Education Credits
- Handouts
In New York State comprehensive health services were provided to 202,000 students in 182 School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) in 2001. This presentation focuses on the purpose, role and the benefits of SBHCs and what community leaders can do to initiate and support an SBHC in their community. Annette Johnson, Director of School Health Program, Bureau of Child and Adolescent Health, NYS Department of Health, gave an overview of SBHCs. Fred Donkoh, MD, Medical Director, Harlem Hospital Center School Based Health Programs, talked about the programs connected with his hospital.
Objectives
As a result of this program, participants will be able to describe:
- benefits of school-based health centers.
Continuing Education
This Educational Activity is presented by the School of Public Health Continuing Education, which has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the New York State Nurses Association’s Council on Continuing Education, which is accredited by the American Nurses’ Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. It has been approved for 1.0 contact hours and has been assigned approval code 5TLL8T-PRV-04-004.
The School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, is accredited by the Medical Society of the State of New York to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. The School designates this educational activity for 1.0 Category One credits towards the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
This activity is sponsored by the School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for the CHES to receive up to 1 Category I CECH in health education.
For further information, contact Cheryl Reeves, Assistant Director of Continuing Education, School of Public Health via e-mail and include "t2b2" in subject line. creeves@albany.edu
Last update: March 26, 2004
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