State Agencies
Maine

FACTS & FIGURES Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System Comprehensive Results Comparisons Between State or District and National Results [pdf 117K] School Health Profiles Chronic Disease [pdf 102K] Selected Topics [pdf 92K] School Health Policies and Programs Study School Health Program Report Card Health Topic Fact Sheets Childhood Overweight [pdf 173K] HIV Epidemic [pdf 268K] Tobacco Use [pdf 116K] Violence Prevention [pdf 116K]   PREVIOUS PROGRAM ACTIVITIES Maine, 2003–2008   FOR MORE INFORMATION Maine Department of Education Coordinated School Health Programs* Judi Morin School Health Program Director Mary Ellen Doyle PANT Coordinator Maine Department of Education HIV Prevention Education Program* Jean Zimmerman HIV Education Coordinator Maine Department of Health and Human Services* Jacqueline Ellis Director, Coordinated School Health Programs

Maine's Program In Action

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

• Creating an inventory of all state agencies and programs addressing school health.
   
• Analyzing data to identify health disparities and using the finding to determine priority areas for coordinated school health programs.
   
• Establishing a coordinated school health professional development training team to provide educational sessions and technical assistance to local education associations and school health coordinators on model programs and promising practices.
   
• Producing and disseminating new tools for state and local partners to promote CSHP and PANT statewide.
   
• Providing training and technical assistance to local education agency administrators to enhance the knowledge, skills, and leadership capacity needed to implement a CSHP.

Providing HIV Prevention Education

• Collaborating with state and local stakeholders, including youth, to develop a strategic plan for HIV prevention education.
   
• Providing professional development opportunities and technical assistance for schools and youth-serving agencies to implement HIV prevention education for youth in high-risk situations.
   
• Collaborating with state and local partners to develop an HIV program evaluation tool.

Conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey

• Developing Maine’s Integrated Youth Health Survey by integrating the YRBS with the Maine Youth Alcohol and Drug Use Survey.
   
• Administering the integrated Youth Health Survey to collect health risk behaviors representative of Maine students in grades 7-12.

For information on Maine's previous program activities, see Maine, 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: December 01, 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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