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Past Program Activities, 2003–2008
Rhode Island,
2003–2008
From March 2003–February 2008, Rhode Island received funding from CDC’s
Division of Adolescent and School Health to promote coordinated school
health, reduce the risk of food-borne illnesses, provide HIV prevention
education, support partnerships and collaboration around helping youth
remain abstinent, and conduct the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS).For information on
Rhode Island's
current program activities, see Rhode Island.
Past
Program Activities
Promoted Coordinated School Health with an Emphasis on Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Tobacco
Use Prevention (PANT)
- Supported wellness committees in all school districts
by providing training, toolkits, and additional resources to assist in
ongoing planning and activities.
- Collaborated with the American Cancer Society, American Lung
Association, Rhode Island Student Assistance Services, state government
offices, and other concerned groups to provide model school tobacco use
prevention policies, promote the implementation of evidence-based
tobacco use prevention curricula in nearly all school districts, and
support tobacco cessation services for students who use tobacco
products.
- Developed and implemented a series of online professional
development courses and short tutorials on topics related to CSHP,
physical activity, and nutrition for teachers of health and physical
education.
- Expanded the Food-Safe Schools initiative by at least fifty percent
and promoted the adoption of Food-Safe Schools in other states.
Provided HIV
Prevention Education
- Partnered with the Rhode Island Parent Information Network and the
Rhode Island Department of Health to support youth consultants in
conducting action research projects related to HIV prevention.
- Promoted parent-child communication by offering parents training in
the “Can We Talk” curriculum, maintained a parent resource Web site
ParentLinkRI, and promoted other activities to engage parents in HIV prevention education.
- Maintained the e-Academy online professional development
system to train teachers of health and other educators in evidence-based
programs for HIV prevention education.
- Participated in statewide partnerships – such as the Rhode Island
Teen Pregnancy Coalition; the Community Planning Group; and the Rhode
Island Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning Youth
Task Force – to focus on addressing youth at high risk for HIV infection.
Conducted the Youth Risk Behavior Survey
- Collaborated with the Department of Health to continue to collect
data on risk behaviors that are representative of Rhode Island students in
grades 9−12.
- Developed a user-friendly YRBS results packet for publication in
print and online and disseminated it to partners across the state.
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