State Agencies
Arkansas

FACTS & FIGURES Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System Comprehensive Results Comparisons Between State or District and National Results [pdf 99K] School Health Profiles Chronic Disease [pdf 99K] Selected Topics [pdf 110K] School Health Policies and Programs Study School Health Program Report Card Health Topic Fact Sheets Childhood Overweight [pdf 182K] HIV Epidemic [pdf 270K] Tobacco Use [pdf 116K] Violence Prevention [pdf 116K]   PREVIOUS PROGRAM ACTIVITIES Arkansas, 2003–2008   FOR MORE INFORMATION Arkansas Department of Education* Laura McDowell Health and Physical Education Coordinator Debby Woods PANT Coordinator Kathleen Courtney HIV/AIDS Education Coordinator Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services Tamara Baker CSHP Coordinator

Arkansas' Program In Action

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

• Providing professional development opportunities to school personnel, community nurses, prevention specialists, and health department personnel on using the School Health Index and developing school wellness policies.
   
• Conducting workshops throughout the state for health education teachers to develop and align their curriculum, including nutrition and physical activity components, with standards-based, skills-based health education and assessment, to assist students in making the connection between healthy choices and life skills.
   
• Collaborating with Community Health Nurse Specialists and Community Health Promotion Specialists from the Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services to sponsor workshops to educate state agencies, local school districts, and area communities on the benefits of having a CSHP in place in each school district.
   
• Collaborating with the Arkansas Department of Health Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program to develop a plan to fund CSHP coordinators at the local school district level.
   
• Collecting, analyzing and presenting evaluation data to local districts to assist with program planning.

Providing HIV Prevention Education

• Collaborating with a nonprofit, community-based organization with experience working with high-risk youth to provide training in evidence-based HIV prevention curricula for educators, members of the Juvenile Detention Association, and the Arkansas School Counselors Association.
   
• Providing professional development training for school health education personnel on aligning the Arkansas health education curriculum frameworks with materials from the Council of Chief State School Officers Health Education Assessment Project, as they relate to HIV/STD and teen pregnancy prevention.
   
• Collaborating with the CSHP to provide sessions focused on HIV prevention education and health education assessment for school and state agency personnel at the CSHP Summer Institute.

Conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey

• Administering the YRBS among students in grades 9 −12 and students in juvenile detention centers.
   
• Distributing the YRBS results to interested in-state and out-of-state stakeholders.
   
• Using YRBS trend data to determine program planning needs, particularly for juvenile detention centers.

For information on Arkansas' previous program activities, see Arkansas, 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
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