Saint Alphonsus Health System has partnered with Ada County schools and HealthTeacher to boost health literacy in schools. Teachers in Ada County, Idaho will have access to a comprehensive K-12 online health education curriculum with the goal of improving the health literacy of students in participating schools.
The partnership supports Saint Alphonsus Health System's mission to improve the health and quality of life of the members of their community by promoting the health literacy of over 52,000 local students. Saint Alphonsus Health System is underwriting the curriculum and resources, provided through HealthTeacher, and teacher training for participating schools for over three years as part of its efforts to improve the health of children and teens in Ada County.
"Our mission is to improve the health of our community, and we have a long-standing history of partnering with other organizations to improve community health and safety. We believe it is our responsibility to work beyond our typical hospital and physician clinic settings to serve our community." said Sally Jeffcoat, President & CEO, Saint Alphonsus Health System. "By sponsoring and funding HealthTeacher resources, we have an opportunity to do something really important – help both our teachers and our children. Through this partnership, we can help students have a better understanding of health, improve health literacy and help them make lifestyle choices to become better advocates for health."
About Saint Alphonsus Health System
Saint Alphonsus is a 387-licensed bed regional medical center serving people throughout the Northwest. Saint Alphonsus emphasizes care that is patient-centered, innovative and community based. Saint Alphonsus focuses on providing services in a spiritual, healing environment, and is renowned for its state-of-the-art digital environment and pioneering technologies; award-winning clinical services; a nationally accredited Life Flight program and the region’s Trauma Center. For information about Saint Alphonsus visit www.saintalphonsus.org.