HealthTeacher Announces Partnership with Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and Six Central Florida School Districts

NASHVILLE, TN — HealthTeacher announced today a partnership with Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children to provide on-line health education curriculum to more than 670 schools in Central Florida.

Covering the largest concentration of schools in Florida, this partnership impacts more than 450,000 students and provides resources to more than 29,000 teachers.

"Our partnership with Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and Central Florida's six public school districts will provide a comprehensive and consistent health education curriculum including on-line resources and supporting classroom materials," said Scott McQuiqq, chief executive officer of HealthTeacher. "Working with Central Florida teachers and the region's health leader we are creating a partnership that will ultimately make a huge difference in the lives children."

"We are honored to support Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in furthering its mission to care for the children of Central Florida."

Like many students across the country, Central Florida area youth face a number of health challenges ranging from childhood obesity to alcohol and drug use. If addressed early in life, these challenges can be preventable.

"We chose to partner with HealthTeacher because of the educational opportunity it brings the communities' teachers, students, parents and school districts," says John Bozard, president, Arnold Palmer Hospital.

"We know many high-risk behaviors often are established during childhood and adolescence, which extend into adulthood. These behaviors are preventable with proper education and we believe HealthTeacher will have a lasting impact and positive influence on the children and adolescents in Central Florida."

Other HealthTeacher users around the country have already reported healthy lifestyle improvements in the students that receive this innovative program.

In fact, a 2007 survey reported that more than 80 percent of teachers have noticed changes in their student's knowledge, choices and concerns for their health. Teachers are voicing their excitement on the encouragement this program is inspiring in students to not only help themselves, but also others.

Through the partnership with Arnold Palmer Hospital, HealthTeacher curriculum will be available to all Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Brevard, Lake and Volusia County Public Schools this year. The curriculum was customized to align with Sunshine (Florida) State Standards for health education that requires instruction in five key areas:

• Health;
• Nutrition;
• Mental health;
• Family life/sexuality; and
• Tobacco use.

To learn more about the partnership, visit www.healthteacher.com/centralflorida

About Health Teacher
HealthTeacher provides health curriculum and resources for hospitals and foundations to support in their communities. HealthTeacher is a leading provider of online health education resources for kindergarten through 12th grade used by more than 18,000 teachers and 8,000 schools. It provides teachers the resources, tools and background material to educate students about making healthy lifestyle choices through more than 300 lesson plans that meet or exceed the National Health Education Standards and the Center for Disease Control's Core Health Topics. Bringing together local health leaders with schools and teachers as well as engaging students, teachers and parents positively affects the life long health habits of children. HealthTeacher is an operating unit of ConnectivHealth, a leading provider of digital content solutions focused on advancing health and wellness. To learn more, visit www.healthteacher.com/community.

About Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children
Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, supported by the Arnold Palmer Medical Center Foundation, is a 158-bed facility dedicated exclusively to the needs of children. Located in Orlando, Arnold Palmer Hospital includes comprehensive, specialized programs and services for children including acute care, adolescent medicine, a Congenital Heart Institute in partnership with Miami Children's Hospital, pediatric intensive care, emergency medicine, nephrology, neurology and trauma services to name a few. To learn more, visit www.arnoldpalmerhospital.org.