State Agencies
Arkansas

FACTS & FIGURES Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System Comprehensive Results Comparisons Between State or District and National Results [pdf 99K] School Health Profiles Chronic Disease [pdf 250K] Selected Topics [pdf 297K] School Health Policies and Programs Study School Health Program Report Card Health Topic Fact Sheets Childhood Overweight [pdf 182K] HIV Epidemic [pdf 270K] Tobacco Use [pdf 116K] Violence Prevention [pdf 116K]   PREVIOUS PROGRAM ACTIVITIES Arkansas, 2003–2008   FOR MORE INFORMATION Arkansas Department of Education* Laura McDowell Health and Physical Education Coordinator Debby Woods PANT Coordinator Kathleen Courtney HIV/AIDS Education Coordinator Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services Tamara Baker CSHP Coordinator

Arkansas' Program In Action

Promoting Coordinated School Health with an Emphasis on Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Tobacco Use Prevention (PANT)

• Working with the HIV program coordinator to provide professional development for district coordinated school health coordinators on strengthening school wellness committees.
   
• Developing a tool kit on how to establish a wellness center on a school campus. making the connection between healthy choices and life skills.
   
• Providing professional development to school personnel on coordinated school health, health literacy performance assessments, and skills-based health education and policies.
   
• Presenting coordinated school health (CSH) state-level evaluation data to local school policy makers to positively impact CSH implementation at the state and/or local level.
   
• Instituting a pilot program in elementary classrooms using the Reading with a Heap of Books health literacy program to help children learn about health topics as they develop reading and literacy skills.

Providing HIV Prevention Education

• Providing professional development for juvenile detention centers that work with high-risk youth in the court system and that are implementing risk reduction programs.
   
• Promoting the Health Education Assessment Project through trainings with teachers on using standards-based assessment to deliver appropriate health instruction, including HIV, STD, and unintended pregnancy prevention education.
   
• Providing professional development for state and local health department personnel to increase their capacity to provide HIV and STD prevention instruction and services for youth in the state who are at disparate risk for those diseases.

Conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey

• Administering the YRBS among students in grades 9 −12 and students in juvenile detention centers.
   
• Distributing the YRBS results to interested in-state and out-of-state stakeholders.
   
• Using YRBS trend data to determine program planning needs, particularly for juvenile detention centers.

For information on Arkansas' previous program activities, see Arkansas, 2003–2008.

For data from other states, territories, or localities, see

• SHPPS: School Health Policies and Programs Study
• School Health Profiles
• YRBSS: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
• Youth Online: Comprehensive Results

For more information on CDC/DASH funded programs, see

• Funded State, Territorial, and Local Agencies and Tribal Governments
• Funded National Nongovernmental Organizations

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Content source: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Adolescent and School Health

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