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State Agencies Maine
The
Maine Department of Education receives funding from CDC’s Division of
Adolescent and School Health to promote coordinated school health, provide
HIV prevention education, and conduct the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS).
The Department partners with the Maine Department of Health and Human
Services Center for Disease Control and Prevention to provide resources,
technical assistance, and professional development for school staff.
Maine's Program In Action
Promoting Coordinated School Health with an Emphasis on Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Tobacco
Use Prevention (PANT)
- Increasing the collaboration and coordination among State and
non-governmental agencies to support implementation of CSH and promotion
of physical activity, nutrition, and tobacco-use prevention programs for
youth.
- Providing capacity building sessions and technical assistance to
local education associations and school health coordinators on model
programs and promising practices.
- Educating decision makers and funders about the cost effectiveness
of investing in prevention, specifically the benefits of a comprehensive
and coordinated approach to improving youth health and education.
- Producing and disseminating new tools for state, local, and tribal
partners to promote CSHP and PANT statewide.
- Providing culturally appropriate training and technical assistance
to local education agency administrators and tribal leaders to enhance
the knowledge, skills, and leadership capacity needed to implement CSH
and prevent chronic diseases related to physical activity, nutrition,
and tobacco-use.
Providing HIV
Prevention Education
- Working with teachers to increase knowledge and confidence and to
improve classroom teaching for HIV prevention education.
- Providing capacity building and technical assistance to
superintendents, school health coordinators, and middle and high school
teachers to examine trend data and implement policies and programs
related to HIV, STD, and unwanted pregnancy for youth at
disproportionate risk.
- Collaborating with state and local partners to evaluate the use of
science-based, medically accurate HIV education programs in schools.
Conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey
- Implementing Maine’s Integrated Youth Health Survey which includes
the YRBS and the Maine Youth Alcohol and Drug Use Survey.
- Preparing and issuing technical and summary reports, including
comparisons to national data, tests of statistical significance, and
trend analysis.
For information on Maine's
previous program activities, see Maine, 2003–2008.
For data from other states, territories, or localities, see
For more information on
CDC/DASH funded programs, see
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