This repository includes materials to support wellness programming in US high schools. These materials are the product of a participatory research project funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK R01 DK097096; Wylie-Rosett, PI). [last update 2020-01-15]

Appendix to accompany Chapter 11 in Innovations in Collaborative Modeling (2019). McNall, M. (Editor). East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press.

Using Systems Thinking to Promote Wellness Program Planning and Implementation in Urban High SchoolsHigh School Wellness Toolkit (pp.241-266)

Lounsbury DW. Fredericks L. Jimenez C. Martin SN. Lim J. Nimmer K. Heo M. Levine R. Bouchard M. Wylie-Rosett J.

HealthCorp http://www.healthcorps.org and FamilyCookProductions http://familycookproductions.org/ - along with many students, teachers, and parents from participating schools - joined with researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine https://einsteinmed.org/departments/epidemiology-population-health/ to create and test school-based activities that foster behavior change consistent with the HHS/USDA Dietary Guidelines for adolescents https://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/. Focusing on activities that would help develop the school’s collaborative capacity and its students’ skill-based learning, the project’s partners worked to design and pilot a multi-component toolkit for wellness programming in diverse high schools.

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For further assistance, please contact:
David W. Lounsbury, PhD, Co-Investigator
Department of Epidemiology & Population Health
Division of Health Behavior Research and Implementation Science
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York USA
David.Lounsbury@einsteinmed.edu