Sara E. Thomas
Center for Disease Control Company Specification Sheet
Company Background: (taken directly from the CDC website) CDC is committed to achieving true improvements in people's lives by accelerating health impact and reducing health disparities. Part of our
Healthy People in Healthy Places
goal is
Healthy Schools
.
This goal is to increase the number of schools that protect and promote the health, safety and development of all students, and protect and promote the health and safety of all staff. (e.g. - healthy food vending, physical activity programs)
Objectives:
47. Improve the health and safety of students and school staff by implementing comprehensive and coordinated instruction, programs, policies, and services that involve families and the community.
48. Promote safe, healthy, and accessible physical environments in schools.
49. Promote supportive social, psychological, and emotional environments in schools.
Task: To create a series of three posters which are 24 x 36 to hang in schools across the nation, alerting students to three different health risks: nutrition, body image and smoking. Find a way to get the message across about leading a healthy lifestyle.
Target Audience:
High school aged students (13 - 18).
Questions for Company:
Brainstorming:
Nutrition
Smoking
Body Image