The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Abstract #41769

Laura Kann, PhD¹, Jo Anne Grunbaum, EdD², Stephen Banspach, PhD², and Howell Wechsler, EdD, MPH¹. (1) Division of Adolescent and School Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, MS-K33, Atlanta, GA 30341, 770 488 6181, LKK1@CDC.GOV, (2) Division of Adolescent and School Health, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, MS-K33, Atlanta, GA 30341

PURPOSE: To describe current findings and future plans for surveillance, evaluation, and research synthesis activities being conducted by the Division of Adolescent and School Health at CDC. METHODS: The session will begin with a description of the latest Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System activities including results from the 2001 surveys, the psychometric study conducted during the spring of 2002, and plans for future surveys. We will then provide a brief overview of Healthy Passages - a new longitudinal study of youth. The second presenter will describe the latest data from evaluations of HIV prevention interventions, cost effectiveness analyses of school health programs, and plans for evaluation of a new parenting intervention - Linking Lives. The third presenter will describe the on-line Prevention Evaluation Research Registry for Youth, how it can be accessed, and CDC uses of information gained from this rich data base of research on adolescent health. In addition, new application tools such as the latest addition of the School Health Index and new CDC guidelines for school health programs on injury prevention and skin cancer prevention will be described CONCLUSIONS: These research activities are designed to serve the school health field and support school health programs for youth nationwide. CDC is conducting this research in collaboration with other federal agencies, states, schools, and community organizations.

Learning Objectives:

• The participants will become familiar with school health research projects at CDC and understand how these projects may help enhance their own work.

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.