School Health Promotion Initiative

For the past 5 years the HHPC's core project has been the School Health Promotion Initiative (SHPI), which has worked in collaboration with A. Philip Randolph Campus High School to find effective, efficient, and relevant ways to highlight health as an important issue in schools. The goal of the SHPI is to enhance opportunities for high school students to engage in health promotion activities.

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• Overheard in the Halls: What Adolescents Are Saying, and What Teachers Are Hearing, About Health Issues