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PREVIOUS PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
West Virginia, 2003–2008
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION
West Virginia Department of Education*

Melanie B. Purkey
CSHP Executive Director

Don Chapman
PANT Coordinator

Rebecca King
HIV Coordinator

West Virginia Bureau of Public Health*

Kristy Blower
CSHP Director
 

 
Healthy KidsWest Virginia currently receives funding from CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health to promote coordinated school health, prevent HIV infection, and conduct the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). West Virginia’s Coordinated School Health Program (CSHP) is a collaborative effort between the West Virginia Department of Education and West Virginia Bureau of Public Health. The mission of West Virginia’s Office of Healthy Schools is to provide leadership, training, and support for schools and their communities to improve collaboration and ensure the health and educational achievement of children in a safe, nurturing, and disciplined environment.

West Virginia's Program In Action

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

  • Coordinating state-level data collection activities and establishing on-going processes for selecting samples, collecting data, interpreting results, and sharing data.
     
  • Collaborating with the West Virginia Bureau of Public Health, the Governor’s Healthy Lifestyle Committee, the Governor, and the Legislature to establish a state plan for CSHP/PANT.
     
  • Providing technical assistance to all 55 LEA school wellness councils to increase their capacity to implement specific, effective CSHP/PANT policies and practices designed to attain performance measures.
     
  • Collaborating with various partners to conduct professional development activities that promote the implementation of CDC’s School Health Guidelines for a minimum of 800 school officials and others responsible for establishing CSHP/PANT that adhere to the Six Strategies for Improving School Health Programs by Strengthening Professional Development.
     

Providing HIV Prevention Education

  • Collaborating with the West Virginia Bureau of Public Health to link workplans and logic models to establish a joint state plan for HIV.
     
  • Providing school health-specific information and research to the Governor’s Office, Legislature, and State Board of Education for the purpose of keeping school health policies relevant and useful, as well as making suggestions for additional policy development.
     
  • Providing technical assistance to all 55 local education agencies to increase their capacity to implement effective HIV prevention education policies and practices.

Conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey

  • Administering the YRBS in coordination with the Youth Tobacco Survey to collect health risk behavior data representative of West Virginia students in grades 9–12.
     
  • Developing reports and presentations to summarize the results of the YRBS.
     
  • Collaborating with the WV Bureau of Public Health and the West Virginia Prevention Research Center to disseminate the results of the YRBS on the Web site.


For information on West Virginia's previous program activities, see West Virginia, 2003–2008.

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