Viju Jacob, MD, FAAP is the Medical Director and Vice President of Medical Affairs at a large Federally Qualified Health Center in Bronx, NYC. His day-to-day work includes oversight of 12 school-based health practices, 2 family practice sites, and 6 school-based dental practices. Dr. Jacob also focuses on regulatory and policy aspects of school-based healthcare at both a statewide and national level. As a new immigrant himself, Viju was user of a School-Based Health Center, having received some of his earliest dental care from the School-Based Dental Clinic at PS 8 in the North Bronx. In this podcast, Dr. Viju Jacob talks with Helen Osborne about: School-based health centers: What they are, who they treat, how they help children and families. Health literacy in action. The intersection of these centers with education, clinical care, public health, and community services. Looking ahead at the potential of school-based health centers. More ways to learn: New York School-Based Health Foundation New York School-Based Health Alliance School-Based Health Allliance: The National Voice for School-Based Health Care Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message, Third Edition, by Helen Osborne. The chapter “Community Connections” is especially relevant to this podcast. Read a transcript of this podcast. The post School-Based Health Centers: Health Literacy in Action (HLOL #254) appeared first on Health Literacy Out Loud Podcast.