WV Wellness Network
WVWN
Teresa Mace. WVDHHR Cybele Boehm, WVDE
Regional Wellness Specialist
Regional Tobacco Prevention Specialists at each RESA – 2001
“Coordinated School-Public Health Partnership” – 2010 – Regional School Wellness Specialists
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Regional Wellness Specialist
Funding from WVDHHR only
Focus on CDC’s Coordinated School Health Model:
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WVDE Restructuring
Office of Healthy Schools - Sept. 2013
Regional Network – Office of Child Nutrition – “WV Wellness Network”
SY15 Funding:
WVDHHR
OCN
USDA Team Nutrition Grant
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Existing Infrastructure
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Regional Wellness Specialists
SY15 Workplan Areas
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Teen Pregnancy Prevention
State Level: Leadership to Prevention Teen Pregnancy Taskforce
Regional Level:
Partnership with APPI (Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Initiative) – professional development, school resources (presentations) liaison.
Reducing The Risk
Making Proud Choices
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Oral Health
State Level: Partner with Oral Health Program
Regional Level:
Partnership with Regional Oral Health Educators–school resources.
Oral Health Education
Promotion of sealants project (2nd and 3rd graders)
Promotion of new oral health requirements
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Adolescent Well Child Visits
State Level: Partnership with Adolescent Health Initiative and HealthCheck
Regional Level:
Partnership with Adolescent Health Initiative Coordinators:
Education and promotion of preventive care for adolescents.
Partnership with HealthCheck Specialists
Linkage between medical community and schools
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School Based Health Centers
State Level: Partnership with Division of Primary Care
Regional Level:
Partnership with FQHC and SBHC:
Increase education, preventive care and services
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Tobacco Prevention
State Level: Partnership with the Division of Tobacco Prevention
Regional Level:
Partnership with Regional Tobacco Prevention Coordinators –
Raze
WV Quitline
N-O-T
YTS
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Substance Abuse Prevention
State Level: Partnership with the Division on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, WVDE - Office of Research and Governor’s Advisory Council on Substance Abuse
Regional Level: Partnership with the Governor’s Regional Substance
Abuse Taskforce.
Professional development – SBIRT and drug trends
Partnership with the Data Planning Team
Partnership with Regional Youth Centers grantees
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Mental Health
State Level: Partnership with the Division of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Expanded School-Based Mental Health Steering Team and WV Council for the Prevention of Suicide
Regional Level:
Partnership with community mental health agencies
Professional development
Trauma-informed schools
Recognize, Respond and React
ASIST – Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
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Physical Activity, Diabetes, Obesity and Hypertension
State Level: Partnership with the Division of Chronic Disease and Health Promotion, Office of Secondary Learning (WVDE), Fuel Up to Play 60, Try This WV, Keys for Healthy Kids, Alliance for a Healthier Generation and Action for Healthy Kids.
Regional Level:
Professional development: physioballs, Let’s Move WV, WVBE Policy 2510 and X-Box.
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Nutrition Services
State Level: Partnership with policy makers, food banks, community agencies (Fuel Up to Play 60, Try This WV, Keys for Healthy Kids, Alliance for a Healthier Generation and Action for Healthy Kids).
Regional Level:
Technical Assistance to county’s Food Service Directors.
Promotion of Feed to Achieve
Promotion of Farm to School
Professional development: Smarter Lunchroom initiative
Promotion of the Community Eligibility Provision
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Wellness
State Level: Partnership with WV Wellness Network
Regional Level:
Partnership with Local Wellness Councils
Professional development and technical assistance
Youth Risk Behavior Survey administration
Regional Wellness Teams
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Questions?
Teresa Mace
Coordinated School Health Director
WVDHHR
304-356-4225
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Cybele Boehm
Wellness Coordinator
WVDE
304-558-3396
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