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State Agencies West Virginia
West
Virginia currently receives funding from CDC’s Division of Adolescent and
School Health to promote coordinated school health, prevent HIV infection,
and conduct the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). West Virginia’s
Coordinated School Health Program (CSHP) is a collaborative effort between
the West Virginia Department of Education and West Virginia Bureau of Public
Health. The mission of West Virginia’s Office of Healthy Schools is to
provide leadership, training, and support for schools and their communities
to improve collaboration and ensure the health and educational achievement
of children in a safe, nurturing, and disciplined environment.
West Virginia's Program In Action
Promoting Coordinated School Health with an Emphasis on Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Tobacco
Use Prevention (PANT)
- Coordinating state-level data collection activities and establishing
on-going processes for selecting samples, collecting data, interpreting
results, and sharing data.
- Collaborating with the West Virginia Bureau of Public Health, the Governor’s
Healthy Lifestyle Committee, the Governor, and the Legislature to
establish a state plan for CSHP/PANT.
- Conducting an annual review of all CSHP/PANT laws and policies to
assess the need for revisions or additional school health policies that
address CSHP/PANT.
- Establishing a school health communications workgroup to review
existing communication efforts and develop comprehensive CSHP/PANT
communication messages targeting local, state and national audiences.
- Providing technical assistance to all 55 local education agencies to
increase their capacity to implement specific, effective CSHP/PANT
policies and practices.
Providing HIV
Prevention Education
- Providing technical assistance to all 55 local education agencies to
increase their capacity to implement effective HIV prevention education
policies and practices.
- Conducting professional development opportunities on current
evidence-based curricula for classroom teachers and others responsible
for HIV prevention education in schools.
- Developing an HIV strategic plan targeting local education agencies
with the greatest disparities in HIV, STIs, and unintended pregnancies.
Conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey
- Administering the YRBS in coordination with the Youth Tobacco Survey
to collect health risk behavior data representative of West Virginia
students in grades 9–12.
- Developing reports and presentations to summarize the results of the
YRBS.
- Collaborating with the WV Bureau of Public Health and the West Virginia
Prevention Research Center to disseminate the results of the YRBS on the
Web site.
For information on West Virginia's
previous program activities, see West Virginia, 2003–2008.
For data from other states, territories, or localities, see
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For more information on
CDC/DASH funded programs, see
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