UCLA School of Nursing, LAUSD get middle schoolers moving
Funded by a $1.2 million grant, Dr. Kynna Wright-Volel, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., assistant professor and Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Faculty Scholar at the UCLA School of Nursing, and the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) are launching Project SHAPE LA, a coordinated school-health program to increase physical activity among youth in Los Angeles County schools. Project SHAPE LA targets 24 middle schools in underserved areas of Los Angeles and will touch nearly 12,000 students. "As a pediatric nurse practitioner, I see the health consequences when children are overweight or...
Published By: MedWorm/SelfEsteem - Monday, 19 March
