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The newspaper of The Johns Hopkins University May 7, 2007 | Vol. 36 No. 33
 
Community Partnerships Benefit Nursing Students, Underserved Kids

Service learning community partnerships are central not only to educating future nurses but to providing much-needed health care services to underserved children. In Baltimore, for example, one such program involving the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing annually screens more than 1,000 children enrolled in Head Start for height, weight, hearing, vision and blood pressure, and also provides health screening and treatment services to a faith-based elementary school.

In "Developing Community Partnerships in Nursing Education for Children's Health," published in March in Nursing Outlook, School of Nursing faculty members Kathryn Kushto-Reese, Maureen C. Maguire, JoAnne Silbert-Flagg, Susan Immelt and Sarah J.M. Shaefer describe how the collaboration between the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Head Start and the elementary school extends interactive learning into the community while at the same time meeting societal needs.

The community partnership collaboration at the School of Nursing includes all students in pediatric rotations, with 240 to 300 students currently participating. In addition to providing screenings, the program has helped the elementary school initiate a variety of health projects, including a walking program, increased physical activity, anti-substance abuse classes and an anti-bullying program.

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