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  • Educational Innovation
  • Community Health Models

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  • The Intergenerational School in Cleveland, Ohio, is a public school focused on lifelong learning, individual, and community health.
  • Current educational and healthcare models often operate in silos, limiting holistic community well-being.
  • There is a growing need for integrated approaches to support health and human flourishing in the face of global disruptions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and evaluate the potential of the InterWell model, an integrated primary and public healthcare system based within a school.
  • To explore how innovative educational strategies (narrative, IT, arts, nature) contribute to brain health and community well-being.
  • To assess the feasibility and impact of a transdisciplinary, interprofessional healthcare model on chronic disease self-management and human flourishing.

Main Methods:

  • Implementation of a newly designed integrated primary and public healthcare model (InterWell) within the school setting.
  • Utilizing narrative approaches, information technology, arts, music, and nature-based programming to foster brain health.
  • Focusing on interprofessional care for chronic disease self-management and transdisciplinary research.

Main Results:

  • Over 13 years, the school has reduced barriers and increased community support for its integrated education and health model.
  • The InterWell model demonstrates potential to transform health conceptions and practices.
  • Challenges related to priorities and funding for the model persist despite progress.

Conclusions:

  • The Intergenerational School's integrated approach, exemplified by the InterWell model, shows promise for fostering community health and lifelong learning.
  • This innovative model has the potential to support human flourishing, particularly in times of global ecological and social disruption.
  • Continued efforts are needed to address funding and priority challenges to fully realize the model's transformative potential.