Table of Contents

Preface
1. Health and Education – An Interdependent Relationship
2. Education and Health Disparities: The Connection to Social Justice
3. Early Childhood
4. High School Graduation – Attending, Connecting, Succeeding
5. Quality School: Important Considerations
6. The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Model: A Commitment to Health and Learning
7. Moving Forward: Mobilizing a Social Movement
Appendix
References
Index

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On the interdependent relationship between health and academic achievement.

About the Author

David A. Birch (TUSCALOOSA, AL) is professor emeritus in the Department of Health Science at the University of Alabama. He is the coeditor of Promoting Health and Academic Success: The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Approach.