Caring for Children in Schools

Learn how we are ensuring children get the health care and support they and their families need

Central School

More than 800 students at Central School in Allentown and their families benefit from our pediatric health center. A health care team comprised of a nurse practitioner, nurse, case manager, social worker and outreach worker, provides care that includes basic health care, asthma management, immunizations, counseling and community outreach. We know poor health robs children of their ability to be good students. For 15 years, this project has worked to promote academic success at this inner city elementary school.

Communities in Schools of the Lehigh Valley

Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network is a longtime partner of Communities in Schools of the Lehigh Valley, a program for adolescents at risk for dropping out of school. About 200 Allentown-area high school students attend the program at our LVH-17^th and Chew streets campus. Besides classroom instruction, they get mentoring, tutoring and training in job readiness and life skills – in short, a great start for a healthy and successful future.

HEY – Let’s Talk about Asthma

More than 6,000 school-age children in the Lehigh Valley have asthma. This common chronic disease is on the rise nationally and too often is not well-managed. The result: asthma attacks that frighten the family and cause a race to the emergency department.

Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network is part of an educational partnership seeking a better solution for asthma management. The partnership, entitled HEY! (Health Education for Youth), also includes AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plan, the Weller Health Education Center, CVS Pharmacies and the Allentown School District.

It’s first project is HEY-Let’s Talk About Asthma! The first program reached 570 Allentown fourth-graders, who learned how to recognize and prevent asthma attacks and how to help themselves and their classmates in case of an emergency.

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