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Flu Season: Stay Healthy!

Guidance on staying healthy this flu season, including Q&A for schools, patient education materials, and more...

Improving Adolescent Health

New guide just released! Improving the Health of Adolescents & Young Adults: A Guide for States and Communities is designed to help guide state and local agencies and organizations through processes including community coalition-building, needs and assets assessment, priority-setting, and program planning, implementation and evaluation. More...

Monitoring Health Behaviors

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System — The YRBSS monitors priority health risk behaviors that contribute markedly to the leading causes of death, disability, and social problems among youth and adults in the United States. See the YRBS data, methodology, fact sheets, and more.

Global School-based Student Health Survey — GSHS is a school-based survey conducted primarily among students aged 13–15 years. GSHS provides data that can help countries develop priorities, establish programs, and advocate for school and youth health resources. See the most recent country data.

Coordinated School Health Program

A coordinated school health model consists of eight interactive components. Schools by themselves cannot, and should not be expected to, address the nation’s most serious health and social problems. Read more...


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Physical Education
Daily, quality physical education is
necessary to achieve national health objectives. See the MMWR...

IT'S WHAT YOU DO!
VERB
It's everywhere! — on TV, online, and in schools and neighborhoods. More...

DISEASE DETECTIVES
EXCITE
Helping students learn about epidemiology and careers in public health. More...

FOR SCHOOLS
School Health Index — The third edition of this popular self-assessment and planning tool addresses safety, physical activity, healthy eating, and tobacco prevention programs and policies. See SHI.

SEE OUR EXHIBIT
Nov 4–6, 2004
National Middle School Association Annual Conference
Minneapolis, MN
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