title: Schools as catalysts for healthy communities.
abstract: Four school superintendents with a shared commitment to students' needs were able to forge a coalition that brought positive change to an entire region. Helping students and their families was a rallying issue for all community agencies. Initially, the four districts joined to apply for grant funding to link schools and social services providers. This served as a model and catalyst for many other cooperative community efforts.
authors.affiliation: Seattle University, USA. mak@azah.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003256:Community Participation; D006265:Health Care Coalitions / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D012574:Schools / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013334:Students; D014861:Washington