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State Agencies
Massachusetts
 Massachusetts’
Coordinated School Health Program (CSHP) is a collaboration between the
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Massachusetts Department of
Public Health. The CSHP works with schools, school districts, governmental
and nongovernmental agencies, and professional organizations to strengthen
school health programs and improve the health and academic success of
children and adolescents. Massachusetts receives funding from CDC’s Division
of Adolescent and School Health to promote coordinated school health,
provide HIV prevention education, provide national professional development,
and conduct the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS).
Massachusetts' Program In Action
Promoting Coordinated School Health with an Emphasis on Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Tobacco
Use Prevention (PANT)
- Developing a strategic plan to strengthen state-level coordination
of school health programs related to the prevention of chronic disease.
- Providing face-to-face and online trainings for teachers on health
education, physical education, and nutrition education.
- Developing a scoring index to rate local school wellness policies
and providing training on best practices in school wellness policy
development, implementation and evaluation.
- Convening the Interdisciplinary Health Education and Health Services
Advisory Council that will make recommendations to the Massachusetts
Board of Education on health-related issues.
- Developing Guidelines for a Coordinated Approach to Healthy,
Safe, Supportive Schools that will be disseminated to school
districts to develop a strong system of supports for student health and
academic achievement.
Providing HIV
Prevention Education
- Developing a 5-year strategic plan for reducing HIV risk among
school-age youth.
- Providing effective HIV/STD and pregnancy prevention education as
part of comprehensive health education in grades K-12.
- Drafting a position paper on “HIV, STD, and Pregnancy Prevention for
Massachusetts Youth” that will be distributed to key stakeholders.
Providing National Professional Development
- Working with the San Francisco Unified School District to develop a
five-year National Professional Development Plan based on the CDC
DASH Professional Development Practices.
- Collaborating with the CDC and the San Francisco Unified School
District to provide national professional development events to
DASH-funded state, local, and territorial education agencies and tribal
governments.
- Working with the San Francisco Unified School District to plan,
implement, and evaluate professional development events aimed at
building the capacity of state, local, territorial, and tribal education
agency staff to prevent HIV infection, reduce asthma episodes, and
promote physical activity, nutrition, and tobacco use prevention within
the context of a coordinated school health program.
Conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey
- Publishing a report of the Massachusetts YRBS results, based on data
from a representative sample of students in grades 9−12.
- Distributing YRBS results to state and community agencies and to
schools to assist in program planning.
- Working with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to
coordinate youth surveys in order to improve data quality and reduce the
survey burden on schools.
For information on Massachusetts'
previous program activities, see Massachusetts, 2003–2008.
For data from other states, territories, or localities, see
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