Local Agencies
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

FACTS & FIGURES Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System Comprehensive Results Comparisons Between State or District and National Results [pdf 116K] School Health Profiles Chronic Disease [pdf 102K] Selected Topics [pdf 98K] School Health Policies and Programs Study SHPPS data not available. Health Topic Fact Sheets Childhood Overweight [pdf 200K] HIV Epidemic [pdf 273K] Tobacco Use [pdf 117K] Violence Prevention [pdf 116K]   FUNDED STATE AGENCY Pennsylvania   PREVIOUS PROGRAM ACTIVITIES Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — 2003–2008   FOR MORE INFORMATION School District of Philadelphia* Judith Peters Director of Health, Safety,  and Physical Education

Philadelphia's Program In Action

Providing HIV Prevention Education

• Providing professional development opportunities for SDP staff on developing, implementing and expanding HIV prevention programs and policies.
   
• Assessing the degree to which health education teachers are providing HIV prevention education and assessing student knowledge and skills regarding the prevention of HIV, STIs, and unintended pregnancies.
   
• Collaborating with Temple University to produce a collection of HIV prevention materials and disseminating them through the Comprehensive Health Education Resource Center and the university’s Web site.

Conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey

• Administering the YRBS to a representative sample of Philadelphia high schools students, and disseminating the results to a wide range of stakeholders.
   
• Using YRBS data in conjunction with other surveillance data to improve policies and programs that reduce health risk behaviors among school-age youth across the city.

For information on Philadelphia's previous program activities, see Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — 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 02, 2008
Page last modified: August 04, 2008
Content source: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Adolescent and School Health

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