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State Agencies Mississippi
Mississippi’s
Coordinated School Health Program (CHSP) is a collaborative effort between
the Mississippi Department of Education Office of Healthy Schools and the
Mississippi Department of Health. Mississippi receives funding from CDC’s
Division of Adolescent and School Health to promote coordinated school
health, provide HIV prevention education, and conduct the Youth Risk
Behavior Survey (YRBS).
Mississippi's Program In Action
Promoting Coordinated School Health with an Emphasis on Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Tobacco
Use Prevention (PANT)
- Providing technical assistance and resources to support local school
districts in implementing and sustaining school health programs based on
CDC’s guidelines.
- Monitoring critical health-related behaviors among youth and the
effectiveness of school policies and programs in promoting
health-enhancing behaviors.
- Establishing partnerships with state agencies, institutions of
higher learning, private and public entities, and organizations to
further CSHP and PANT initiatives.
- Conducting regional trainings for school district personnel on data
collection, wellness policies, physical education, and comprehensive
health education.
- Establishing a speakers’ bureau of educators, health professionals,
and health advocates who can provide professional development and
technical assistance to local school districts and schools on CSHP and
PANT.
Providing HIV
Prevention Education
- Providing training on the development and implementation of a
communicable disease policy at the local school district level.
- Distributing and administering mini-grant funds to school districts
located in areas with elevated rates of HIV/STD infection to establish
comprehensive HIV prevention programs for school-age youth.
- Developing a marketing plan for communicating the importance of HIV
prevention education.
Conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey
- Administering the YRBS in high schools throughout Mississippi to
obtain data representative of students in grades 9-12.
- Developing an annual YRBS report with input from partner
organizations.
- Sharing the YRBS results with stakeholders throughout the state.
For information on Mississippi's
previous program activities, see Mississippi, 2003–2008.
For data from other states, territories, or localities, see
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For more information on
CDC/DASH funded programs, see
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