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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Howell Wechsler, EdD, MPH, Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, MS K-12, Atlanta, GA 30341, 770-488-6197, hwechsler@cdc.gov
CDC’s School Health Index for Physical Activity, Healthy Eating, and Tobacco Free Lifestyle: A Self-Assessment and Planning Guide is a tool designed to help schools assess and improve their physical activity, healthy eating, and tobacco-use prevention policies and programs in the context of a coordinated school health program. The history, purposes, and structure of the School Health Index will be described, along with the process of developing the second edition of the School Health Index, to be released in 2002. Changes made in the document, including the addition of items to assess a school's tobacco-use prevention policies and programs, will be described. Information that has been collected from education agencies, health departments, schools, and other programs across the nation about use of the School Health Index will be shared. Different ways that the School Health Index has been used to improve school health programs will be described. In addition, innovative strategies that agencies and organizations have used to promote the use of the School Health Index and to increase its impact will be described. The session also will include a discussion of how additional health risk behaviors and issues will be added to future editions of the School Health Index.
Learning Objectives: At the end of the session, participants will be able to
Keywords: School Health, Chronic Diseases
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.