T2B2

School-Based Health Centers

Speakers:
Annette Johnson, Director of School Health Program, Bureau of Child and Adolescent Health, NYS Department of Health, gave an overview of SBHC's; Fred Donkoh, MD, Medical Director, Harlem Hospital Center School Based Health Programs, talked about the programs connected with his hospital.

Program Description:
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.

Objectives:
As a result of this program, participants will be able to:

• describe the benefits of school-based health centers.

Satellite broadcast originally aired September 18, 2004.

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 5RLL8T-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 1.0 Category 1 CECH in health education.