| Abstract: | This paper reports the results of a cooperative effort between a community teaching hospital and a neighborhood Inter-mediate School to promote health education in an urban setting. The liaison stemmed from the need to educate a large, multi-ethnic student population and, through it, the community. To this end, the administrative, teaching, and medical staffs of the school and hospital prepared a series of health education events designed to provide needed information. The subjects incuded: Mental Health, Urgent Care, Personal Hygiene, Nutrition, Eating Disorders, Substance Abuse, Teenage Sexuality, Depression, Suicide, and Family Relationships.This paper describes the results of a student questionnaire designed to measure the effectiveness of one of the programs and provide a venue for student suggestions. These suggestions were incorporated into subsequent programs.This cost-free partnership was one of six programs chosen as being outstanding in the field of education in New York City. It was the recipient of the Council of Supervisors and Administrators Education Program Award for 1987, New York City.Phyllis D. Weiner, M.D. is Director of Pediatric Ambulatory Care and Emergency Medicine, Flushing Hospital Medical Center, 4500 Parsons Boulevard, Flushing, New York 11355. Joseph D. Cantara, P.D. is Assistant Principal, Rachel L. Carson, Intermediate School, 46–21 Colden Street, Flushing, New York, 11355. Nicetas H. Kuo, M.D., M.P.H. is Director of Community Medicine and Ambulatory Care Services, Flushing Hospital Medical Center, 4500 Parsons Boulevard, Flushing, New York 11355. James Lione, M.D. is Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics. Flushing Hospital Medical Center, 4500 Parsons Boulevard, Flushing, New York, 11355. Address requests for reprints to Dr. Weiner. |
