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State Agencies Washington
The
Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction receives
funding from CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health to promote
coordinated school health and provide HIV prevention education. Through a
collaborative effort with the Washington Department of Health, the
Coordinated School Health Program (CSHP) focuses on marketing and
communications, education of key stakeholders, assessment activities for
schools and districts, and addressing health disparities.
Washington's Program In Action
Promoting Coordinated School Health with an Emphasis on Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Tobacco
Use Prevention (PANT)
- Providing training on student achievement in health and fitness and
developing new measurements to assess student proficiency in physical
activity, nutrition, and tobacco use prevention.
- Providing professional development and technical assistance for the
implementation of the “Cover All Kids” bill, which includes efforts to
increase nutritional standards on school vending and a-la-carte sales.
- Creating a tool kit that includes materials related to all areas of
student health and disseminating it to all school health advisory
councils in each school district.
- Creating and disseminating a document highlighting proven effective
policies and practices that will contribute to the reduction of health
disparities connected to the academic achievement gap.
- Assisting school districts in identifying health priorities and
including those priorities as part of the school improvement plans.
Providing HIV
Prevention Education
- Maintaining a cadre of trainers to provide professional development
on evidence-based HIV prevention education programs.
- Providing workshops, training, and technical assistance on the
state’s Healthy Youth Act, which requires the Department of Health to
review all HIV education materials for medical and scientific accuracy.
- Providing workshops, training, and technical assistance on the
state’s Healthy Youth Act. This newly enacted legislation requires that
all sexual health education is age appropriate; is medically and
scientifically accurate; is appropriate for students regardless of
gender, race, sexual orientation, and disability status; is consistent
with the 2005 guidelines for sexual health and disease prevention; and
includes messages about abstinence as well as FDA approved
contraceptives and disease prevention methods.
For information on Washington's
previous program activities, see Washington, 2003–2008.
For data from other states, territories, or localities, see
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