State Agencies
California

FACTS & FIGURES Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System YRBS data not available. School Health Profiles Profiles data not available. School Health Policies and Programs Study School Health Program Report Card Health Topic Fact Sheets Fact sheets not available.   FUNDED LOCAL AGENCIES Fresno Los Angeles San Bernardino San Diego San Francisco   PREVIOUS PROGRAM ACTIVITIES California, 2003–2008   FOR MORE INFORMATION California Department of Education* Jennifer Rousseve CSHP Director Mary Marks PANT Coordinator/School Health Educator Sharla Smith HIV/AIDS Prevention Education Specialist California Department of Health Services* Andrew Manthe CSHP Director Marta Induni YRBS Coordinator

California's Program In Action

Promoting Coordinated School Health with an Emphasis on Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Tobacco Use Prevention (PANT)

• Providing technical expertise, support, and information related to proposals for legislation, regulations, or policies that promote CSHPs, particularly in the areas of physical education and physical activity, health education, nutrition, and healthy school environments.
   
• Collaborating with three targeted counties to use California’s Health Framework and Building Infrastructure for Coordinated School Health: California’s Blueprint to guide the development and implementation of their nutrition and physical activity programs.
   
• Partnering with the American Cancer Society to implement Coordinated School Health Leadership Institutes to assist local school districts in developing an effective CSHP.
   
• Disseminating information on available data and resources related to CSH and PANT, including youth development models, school wellness policies, and strategies for addressing health disparities, through bi-monthly emails and various listservs.
   
• Collaborating with the California School Board Association to provide professional development and follow-up support to school board members and school administrators on implementing a coordinated school health approach in school districts.

Providing HIV Prevention Education

• Disseminating policy, program, and research information to support California’s county offices of education in developing and implementing quality HIV prevention education programs.
   
• Providing professional development, technical assistance, and follow-up support for health educators and other relevant staff in three targeted counties on the California Education Code and HIV prevention education.
   
• Collaborating with members of the California Adolescent Sexual Health Workgroup to develop statewide HIV/AIDS/STD and teen birth data sets for use in program planning.

Conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey

• Administering the YRBS in high schools throughout California to obtain data representative of students in grades 9-12.
   
• Distributing survey results from the YRBS to statewide agencies, schools, local school administrators, the state Community Planning Group, and other agencies that work with youth.
   
• Using YRBS data to inform and improve policies and programs affecting youth.

For information on California's previous program activities, see California, 2003–2008.

For data from other states, territories, or localities, see

• SHPPS: School Health Policies and Programs Study
• School Health Profiles
• YRBSS: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
• Youth Online: Comprehensive Results

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For more information on CDC/DASH funded programs, see

• Funded State, Territorial, and Local Agencies and Tribal Governments
• Funded National Nongovernmental Organizations

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Page last reviewed: March 4, 2008
Page last modified: September 24, 2008
Content source: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Adolescent and School Health

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