Viju Jacob, MD, FAAP is the Medical Director and Vice President of Medical Affairs at a large Federally Qualified Health Center in Bronx, NYC. His day-to-day work includes oversight of 12 school-based health practices, 2 family practice sites, and 6 school-based dental practices. Dr. Jacob also focuses on regulatory and policy aspects of school-based healthcare at both a statewide and national level. As a new immigrant himself, Viju was user of a School-Based Health Center, having received some of his earliest dental care from the School-Based Dental Clinic at PS 8 in the North Bronx.

In this podcast, Dr. Viju Jacob talks with Helen Osborne about:

• School-based health centers: What they are, who they treat, how they help children and families.
• Health literacy in action. The intersection of these centers with education, clinical care, public health, and community services.
• Looking ahead at the potential of school-based health centers.

More ways to learn:

• New York School-Based Health Foundation
• New York School-Based Health Alliance
• School-Based Health Allliance: The National Voice for School-Based Health Care

Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message, Third Edition, by Helen Osborne. The chapter “Community Connections” is especially relevant to this podcast.

Read a transcript of this podcast.

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