Thursday, December 22, 2011
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UHS and Walton Schools work together for better child health
UHS Delaware Valley Hospital and UHS Stay Healthy presented a donation
of materials and services at the December 20, 2011 Walton School Board
meeting Dotti Kruppo, Vice President of Community Health Services for
UHS Delaware Valley Hospital, Patricia Fell, RN, Director of Community
Health Services UHS Stay Healthy and Nalini Kalanadhabhatta, UHS Stay
Healthy Kids Associate presented the board with UHS Stay Healthy Kid's
CATCH Kit.
CATCH, or Coordinated Approach to Child Health, is a program that comes
with training, We Can -- a six weeks program and materials for parents
to be held at the school, Health messages from Rex and Roxy and link to
UHS Stay Healthy Kids page. It also includes resources to support the
Kick-Off program with Rex and Roxy as developed by the Walton School
Wellness Committee and the UHS Delaware Valley Hospital team.
The donations were gladly received by the Walton Central Schools Board
of Education. Robbie Jean Rice, Walton School Wellness Committee chair,
introduced the presenters. The school committee has been coordinating
the implementation of these new resources to help improve the health and
nutrition knowledge of Walton students, staff and parents.
Six teachers have received the training in the use of the CATCH
program. The kit has many evidence-based physical activities and a
nutrition component. The program’s initial uses will be at the Townsend
Elementary School as well as the Middle School Fun and Fitness after
school program.
The kit is valued at $2,600. UHS Delaware Valley Hospital has pledged
its support for implementing and supporting these new programs in our
schools.
UHS is a locally owned, not-for-profit, 916-bed hospital and health care
system serving the Greater Binghamton region. Founded in 1981, UHS
provides a full range of medical, surgical, rehabilitative and long-term
care services from more than 40 locations around New York’s Southern
Tier. The organization consists of UHS Wilson Medical Center, UHS
Binghamton General Hospital, UHS Chenango Memorial Hospital, UHS
Delaware Valley Hospital, UHS Senior Living at Ideal and UHS Home Care,
and is affiliated with the UHS Medical Group and the UHS Foundation.
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