Over 250 public schools to have access to the leading online health curriculum
NASHVILLE, TN ' MAY 17, 2010 ' El Camino Hospital and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, in partnership with HealthTeacher, announced today that teachers in Silicon Valley will have access to HealthTeacher's comprehensive K-12 on-line health education curriculum with the goal of improving the health literacy of students in participating schools.
The partnership with HealthTeacher supports El Camino Hospital and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford missions to improve the health and quality of life of the members of their community by promoting the health literacy of local students. El Camino Hospital and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford are underwriting the HealthTeacher curriculum and teacher training for participating schools for three years as part of their efforts to improve the health of children and teens in Silicon Valley.
About HealthTeacher
HealthTeacher is a leading provider of online health, wellness and prevention education resources for kindergarten through 12th grade and is used by more than 20,000 teachers nationwide. HealthTeacher provides teachers the resources, tools and background material to educate students about making healthy lifestyle choices through more than 300 lesson plans aligning to the National Health Education Standards. HealthTeacher helps establish community-based health education collaboratives by developing partnerships between healthcare organizations, businesses, community leaders and schools to address the growing issues affecting the health status of children. To learn more, visit www.healthteacher.com
About Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Ranked as one of the nation's best pediatric hospitals by U.S. News & World Report, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford is a 312-bed hospital devoted to the care of children and expectant mothers. Providing pediatric and obstetric medical and surgical services and associated with the Stanford University School of Medicine, Packard Children's offers patients locally, regionally and nationally the full range of health care programs and services, from preventive and routine care to the diagnosis and treatment of serious illness and injury. For more information, visit www.lpch.org.
About El Camino Hospital
El Camino Hospital is an acute care, not-for profit and locally-governed organization with campuses in Mountain View and Los Gatos, Calif. Key medical specialty focuses include cancer care, heart & vascular, neuroscience, genomic medicine, orthopedic & spine, urology and women's health. El Camino Hospital has delivered the highest level of medical services to the communities of Silicon Valley for more than four decades. The hospital is also recognized as a national leader in the use of health information technology to promote patient safety, including computerized order entry, electronic medical records and wireless communications.
El Camino Hospital has been recognized for its clinical excellence with awards such as: Gold Seal of Approval from The Joint Commission for Primary Stroke Center; ANCC Magnet Recognition for Nursing Care and Bay Area Parent Magazine's Award for Best Hospital or Clinic.
To learn more about El Camino Hospital and its services in Mountain View and Los Gatos, visit our Web site at www.elcaminohospital.org. For a physician referral, visit our web site or call the El Camino Health Line at 800-216-5556.
