The
Center for ActiveWV in the
West Virginia University
College of Applied Human Sciences received $390,000 from the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the first year of a five-year cooperative
agreement for its WV Healthy Schools in Action project. The initiative, which aims
to address the pressing health challenges faced by West Virginia schools and students,
is anticipated to have $1.95 million in funding over five years.
The WV Healthy Schools in Action project aims to develop targeted approaches that
enhance physical activity, healthy dietary behaviors, and self-management of chronic
health conditions among underserved students statewide, with a special focus on
Mercer County. By implementing comprehensive knowledge and capacity-building strategies
aligned with the "Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child" framework, the project
seeks to improve school health policies, practices, programs, and services that
promote healthy behaviors and health equity practices.