SBHC Advocacy Day Video and Personal Stories

Canby High School SBHC Youth Advisory Board builds successful awareness campaign

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After members of the Youth Advisory Board at Canby HS attended the SBHC annual conference last October, they returned to their school with newly gained knowledge about the high rate of teen suicide nation-wide.

Talk About It. They planned and coordinated a highly effective awareness campaign encouraging their peers to talk about it. Their message included and highlighted their SBHC as a resource that was easily accessed and available for all.

They received the support of the school's teachers, who wore "Talk About It" buttons every day for a week and were prepared to share information about services offered at the school's SBHC. The Advisory Board made short videos promoting their SBHC.

The talk about it campaign coincided with Oregon's SBHC Awareness Month in January, and was a great success. It attracted media attention resulting in a very detailed account in the Canby Herald. You can read it here.

CANBY HIGH SCHOOL SBHC sends message to Ellen - "Sign the Chair!"

Check out this video on YouTube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qdrq12oUXI

Congratulations to the CANBY SBHC youth advocates for creating a superb promotional piece for school-based health care.

Does anyone know Ellen? If you can help this group make a connection with Ellen DeGeneres, let them know by EMAIL.

This video was created by VoiceBox Media, a micro-enterprise that teaches video production and media literacy to youth. VoiceBox Media is a program of Multnomah County’s Commission on Children, Families and Community (www.co.multnomah.or.us/ccfc).

2009 SBHC Day - Thank you Josh Eddings for the Videos!

Students, teachers, parents, providers and advocates from around the state gathered at the capitol in Salem on February 20 for SBHC Day 2009. This year’s theme, “Raising Our Hands for Health Care,” gave participants a creative way to demonstrate their appreciation and support of school-based health care. During the day, students, providers, and parents shared why access to health care for all children and youth is important to them. Check out the videos below!