What is the role of SHES in addressing challenging issues faced in school health education and services?
As SHES members, we are acutely aware of the important role of schools in supporting and promoting student health, as well as public health. As researchers, practitioners and community members, we have a vested interest in supporting school communities as they take important next steps to protect and promote public health in areas as diverse as a very real, very worrisome childhood obesity epidemic and a potential avian flu pandemic. Our support is realized as we partner with schools to provide services and conduct research, disseminate study findings to our colleagues and school partners and support and guide undergraduate/graduate students interested in school-based work and contributing to the health of schools. Our support and continued engagement is especially important at this time of constrained school budgets and mounting demands on school staff and student time.
