Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) Update

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) Update

CDC’s Public Health Grand Rounds Presents:

“Adolescence: Preparing for Lifelong Health and Wellness”

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., EDT

 

A live external webcast of the presentation will be available.  For individuals who are unable to view the session during the scheduled time, the archived presentation will be posted 48 hours after each session. 

Presenters:

Stephanie Zaza, MD, MPH
Captain, U.S. Public Health Service
Director, Division of Adolescent and School Health
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, CDC
“Adolescents in the United States” 

Patricia J. Dittus, PhD Lead Behavioral Scientist, Social and Behavioral Research and Evaluation Branch
Division of STD Prevention National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention, CDC
“Prevention for a Moving Target”

Shannon L. Michael, PhD, MPH Health Scientist, School Health Branch Division of Population Health
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
“Schools as a Venue for Promoting Health and Wellness”

Claire D. Brindis, DrPH Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy
Director, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies
Co-Project Director, Adolescent and Young Adult Health National Resource Center
University of California, San Francisco
“Health Care for Adolescents: How to Improve It”

Facilitators:

John Iskander, MD, MPH, Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds
Phoebe Thorpe, MD, MPH, Deputy Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds
Susan Laird, MSN, RN, Communications Director, Public Health Grand Rounds

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