State Agencies
Kentucky

FACTS & FIGURES Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System Comprehensive Results Comparisons Between State or District and National Results [pdf 116K] School Health Profiles Chronic Disease [pdf 227K] Selected Topics  [pdf 236K] School Health Policies and Programs Study School Health Program Report Card Health Topic Fact Sheets Childhood Obesity [pdf 183K] HIV Epidemic [pdf 272K] Tobacco Use [pdf 117K]   PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Kentucky - HIV, Health Disparities - African American & Hispanic Youth [pdf 40K]   PREVIOUS PROGRAM ACTIVITIES Kentucky, 2003–2008   FOR MORE INFORMATION Kentucky Department of Education* Barbara Donica CSHP Director Colby Wagoner PANT Coordinator Renee White HIV Program Consultant Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services* Victoria Greenwell Coordinated School Health Administrator

Kentucky's Program In Action

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

• Training secondary school PTA and PTO leaders and district school health coordinators on coordinated school health programs and policies.
   
• Developing a Web-based training module on an introduction to coordinated school health for staff at schools, health departments, and other organizations who work with schools.
   
• Expanding the current Physical Activity, Nutrition, Tobacco and Asthma guide for schools to include resources, best practices, and model policies that address the additional youth risk behaviors of sexual risk taking, drug use, and intentional and unintentional injuries.
   
• Conducting an assessment of how schools are implementing physical activity clubs and intramural events as avenues for children to increase their levels of physical activity.
   
• Conducting regional Youth Tobacco Conferences with the Kentucky Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program to address prevention activities and advocacy efforts that youth can take in schools and local communities.

Providing HIV Prevention Education

• Conducting an assessment of how schools are implementing policies on HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and teen pregnancy prevention.
   
• Providing professional development on how to implement effective HIV prevention education for teachers in areas of the state affected most by HIV/AIDS.
   
• Providing HIV prevention education for youth in Jefferson County Public Schools, a county that has one of the highest percentages of African American students in the state, and for Hispanic youth and parents.

Conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey

• Administering the YRBS to collect data representative of Kentucky students in grades 9-12.
   
• Evaluating the 2009 survey administration process for potential areas of improvement.
   
• Developing a quick-reference guide for the 2009 YRBS data for distribution to schools, districts, and community members to use in improving and planning school health policies and programs.

For information on Kentucky's previous program activities, see Kentucky, 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
Content source: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Adolescent and School Health

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