TTHS | School Health Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity

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Continuing Education

Overview

Continuing education (CE) for this course is available through the CDC Training and Continuing Education Online system (TCEO). To earn CEs, you must register for the course, submit a course evaluation through TCEO, and complete a posttest. All actions must be completed by November 1, 2021 in order to obtain CEs.

Note: The TCEO certificate of completion differs from the course certificate available in the Chapter 4: Take Action, Wrap-Up section of this course.

Purpose

The purpose of this training is to gain familiarity with CDC’s guidelines and strategies for positive healthy eating and physical activity outcomes. After this training, users should be ready for the initial steps to promote healthy eating and physical activity among students.

Objectives

At the conclusion of the session, participants will be able to:

Describe the nine school health guidelines to promote healthy eating and physical activity.
Identify strategies to create opportunities for students to participate in more physical activity and improve healthy eating.

Faculty

Sarah M. Lee, PhD; Health Scientist, School Health Branch, Division of Population Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Seraphine Pitt Barnes, PhD, MPH, CHES; Health Scientist, School Health Branch, Division of Population Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Bridget Borgogna, M Ed; Health Education Specialist, School Health Branch, Division of Population Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Course Information

Format:	Enduring; Web-based
Requirements:	Computer; Internet connection; Web browser
Materials:	None
Prerequisites:	None
Target Audience:	This course is most relevant to populations who work in school settings (e.g., teachers, administrators, school nurses), are training to work in a school setting and/or with children (e.g., teachers, physical education and nutrition majors, nurses), and other populations working within an organization whose goal is to improve the health and academic success of children and adolescents (including physical, mental, and emotional health), such as state and regional health departments, and non-profit organizations.
URL:	www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/
Origination Date:	November 1, 2019
Expiration Date:	November 1, 2021

CDC Contact Information

CDC Healthy Schools

Phone: 770-488-6128

Accreditation Statements

CNE	The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited as a provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This activity provides (1) contact hour.
CEU	The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is authorized by IACET to offer (0.1) CEU's for this program.
CPH	The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a pre-approved provider of Certified in Public Health (CPH) recertification credits and is authorized to offer (1) CPH recertification credits for this program.
CHES	Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to (1) total Category I continuing education contact hour. Maximum advanced level continuing education contact hours available are (0). CDC provider number is 98614.

Disclosure

In compliance with continuing education requirements, all presenters must disclose any financial or other associations with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters as well as any use of unlabeled product(s) or product(s) under investigational use.

CDC, our planners, content experts, and their spouses/partners wish to disclose they have no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters. Planners have reviewed content to ensure there is no bias.
Content does not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use.
CDC did not accept commercial support for this continuing education activity.

Fees

No fees are charged for CDC’s CE activities.

Instructions for Obtaining Continuing Education (CE)

In order to receive continuing education (CE) for WB4255 - School Health Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity please visit TCEO and follow these 9 Simple Steps before 11/01/2021.

Complete the activity

Complete the Evaluation at TCEO

Pass the posttest at 80 % at TCEO