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Improving Education for Better Health and Stronger Futures

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 : 1:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Torney Smith , Spokane Regional Health District, Spokane, WA
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
In 2006, the Spokane Public Schools’ graduation rate was less than 60 percent. By 2013, it had jumped to nearly 80 percent.  This presentation will discuss interventions used to improve graduation rates in Spokane and health impacts of improved educational attainment.

Learning Areas:

Conduct evaluation related to programs, research, and other areas of practice
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Public health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines
Public health or related public policy
Public health or related research

Learning Objectives:
Describe interventions for improving public school graduation rates in Spokane, Washington. Discuss how improvement of a social determinant of health such as school graduation rates improve community health.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: XXXXX
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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