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State Agencies Connecticut
Connecticut
receives funding from CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health to
promote coordinated school health, provide HIV prevention education, and
conduct the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). Connecticut’s Coordinated
School Health Program (CSHP) is a collaborative effort between the state’s
Department of Education and Department of Public Health. The goals of the
CSH and HIV prevention education programs are to strengthen the statewide
infrastructure for building partnerships to effectively implement CSHPs and
HIV prevention education programs and to increase the effectiveness of
policies and practices to promote physical activity, nutrition, tobacco use
prevention and HIV prevention among students.
Connecticut's Program In Action
Promoting Coordinated School Health with an Emphasis on Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Tobacco
Use Prevention (PANT)
- Planning and conducting the first Annual Coordinators’ Meeting for
district-level education and health supervisors.
- Creating a summary of Connecticut school health tools, a
quick-reference guide detailing the state’s existing guidance tools.
- Drafting model state- and local-level policies to promote healthy
eating and physical activity.
- Creating an award program to recognize local schools that implement
model coordinated school health programs.
Providing HIV
Prevention Education
- Revising the current HIV/STD cadre training modules and resource
packets.
- Conducting a Training of Trainers (TOT) for all HIV/STD cadres on
addressing prevention needs of youth that are disproportionately
affected by HIV, including persons of color, sexual minority youth, and
women.
- Conducting professional development for school district and
community-based personnel on research-based programs through the cadre
of trainers programs.
Conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey
- Administering the YRBS in high schools throughout Connecticut to
obtain data representative of students in grades 9-12.
- Partnering with the Department of Public Health to administer the
YRBS.
- Conducting an awareness campaign to educate school officials and
interested parties about the YRBS, its contents and the 2009
implementation plans.
For information on Connecticut's
previous program activities, see Connecticut, 2003–2008.
For data from other states, territories, or localities, see
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CDC/DASH funded programs, see
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