Highway to health: on-line health education

The TeleHealth Project is a model telecommunications program that provides health education and consultation on the Internet. The TeleHealth Project delivers health information to rural ninth-grade students and their communities on the North Carolina Information Highway through interactive distance learning. The "trip" is a two-way adventure for students, educators, and health professionals. The Eastern Area Health Education Center (EAHEC), associated with East Carolina University (ECU) in Greenville, North Carolina, produces the TeleHealth Program. This collaborative model was built on prior successful relationships between the school system and EAHEC, and university faculty who had worked on interdisciplinary projects related to adolescents and the professional preparation of health providers in school settings.