CDC - Adolescent and School Health

CDC - Adolescent and School Health

Adolescent and School Health

CDC promotes the health and well-being of children and adolescents to enable them to become healthy and productive adults.

School Health

Coordinated School Health A systematic approach to improving students’ health and well-being so they can participate and succeed in school…
Health & Academics The academic success of America's youth is strongly linked with their health...

School Health Surveillance Data from School Health Profiles and the School Health Policies and Practices Study

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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance

• Trends in HIV-Related Risk Behaviors Among High School Students
• Youth Online - Data from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) 
• Search 2011 Data For:
   
• YRBSS Fact Sheets
• YRBSS in Brief

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Health Topics

• Alcohol & Other Drugs
• Asthma
• Health Disparities
• Injury & Violence

• Nutrition, Physical Activity, & Obesity
• Sexual Risk Behavior: HIV, STD, & Teen Pregnancy Prevention
• Tobacco Use

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Tools & Training

• National Resource Center for HIV/AIDS Prevention among Adolescents
• School Health Index: A Self-Assessment and Planning Guide (SHI)
• Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (HECAT)
• Physical Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (PECAT)
• Evaluation Tutorials

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Program Success Stories

Massachusetts' Mini-grants: Empowering Students to Inspire Peers to Stop Smoking  [pdf 40K]
New York City: Bringing HIV Prevention Education into the Spotlight  [pdf 40K]

Tennessee: Blazing the Trail Toward Statewide Coordinated School Health  [pdf 40K]

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