Building a Public Health Partnership to Assist with your School Nutrition Program

Expand your team! Find others in your community interested in health and nutrition. Every community has a local public health department with a health educator interested in health promotion programs. University public health programs also have students looking for real-world experiences. In this session, Marietta Orlowski, Associate Professor at Wright State University and Project Evaluator, Smarter Lunchrooms Ohio, will discuss the shared goals, complimentary skills and real-life experiences of building school nutrition and public health partnerships.

Learn Objectives: 

• List shared goals of school nutrition and public health programs.
• Identify potential benefits of partnerships with local public health.
• Locate professionals and students interested in healthy eating initiatives.

To attend follow this link: https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/healthyschools (FireFox and Internet Explorer work best) Enter as a guest and you will be connected to the webinar. You can listen to the presentation though your computer speakers. If you have never used Adobe Connect before, it is recommended that you test your ability to log in prior to the webinar by following this link:  www.extension.iastate.edu/testconnect. 

PDF of Slides

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