Local Agencies
Chicago, Illinois

FACTS & FIGURES Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System Comprehensive Results Comparisons Between State or District and National Results [pdf 161K] School Health Profiles Chronic Disease [pdf 262K] Selected Topics [pdf 274K] School Health Policies and Programs Study SHPPS data not available. Health Topic Fact Sheets Childhood Obesity [pdf 236K] HIV Epidemic [pdf 132K] Tobacco Use [pdf 227K]   FUNDED STATE AGENCY Illinois   PREVIOUS PROGRAM ACTIVITIES Chicago, Illinois — 2003–2008   FOR MORE INFORMATION Chicago Public Schools* Ira Rounsaville HIV/AIDS Prevention Education Specialist Lilliana DeSantiago Asthma Management Program Coordinator

Chicago's Program In Action

Asthma Management

• Collaborating with community partners to implement a comprehensive asthma awareness plan in schools with high rates of students with asthma.
   
• Providing trainings for students, parents, teachers, physical educators, and athletic coaches on asthma management strategies.
   
• Improving data collection and tracking of children with asthma in order to provide better academic support and resources.
   
• Providing online educational support materials on asthma management that can be accessible district wide by all Chicago Public Schools and non-Chicago Public Schools personnel.

Providing HIV Prevention Education

• Conducting HIV prevention education trainings for school staff located in Chicago zip codes with the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections among youth.
   
• Establishing partnerships between school staff in targeted Chicago zip codes and community-based HIV prevention organizations to provide supplemental resources and services.
   
• Establishing a monitoring system for the provision of HIV prevention education in Chicago Public Schools, including CPS’s Family Life and AIDS Education curriculum, the HealthTeacher Web-based health curriculum, and other approved HIV prevention education programs.

Conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey

• Collaborating with community partners to select questions for inclusion on the CPS YRBS.
   
• Administering the YRBS to collect data on youth risk behaviors that are representative of Chicago students in middle and high school.
   
• Using YRBS results to direct school-based interventions for the prevention of health risk behaviors among Chicago youth.

For information on Chicago's previous program activities, see Chicago, Illinois — 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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Page last reviewed: May 14, 2009
Page last modified: November 09, 2009
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