State Agencies
Tennessee

FACTS & FIGURES Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System Comprehensive Results Comparisons Between State or District and National Results [pdf 117K] School Health Profiles Chronic Disease [pdf 146K] Selected Topics [pdf 245K] School Health Policies and Programs Study School Health Program Report Card Health Topic Fact Sheets Childhood Obesity [pdf 208K] HIV Epidemic [pdf 128K] Tobacco Use [pdf 133K]   FUNDED LOCAL AGENCY Memphis   PREVIOUS PROGRAM ACTIVITIES Tennessee, 2003–2008   FOR MORE INFORMATION Tennessee Department of Education* Connie Hall Givens Coordinated School Health Director   Mark Bloodworth HIV coordinator

Tennessee's Program In Action

Providing HIV Prevention Education

• Using a Teacher Training Center to conduct regional institutes for lifetime wellness and HIV educators on HIV prevention education, HIV laws and policies, and science-based curricula. .
   
• Providing professional development to at least three community-based organizations to increase their capacity to deliver HIV prevention education to high-risk youth.
   
• Promoting model policies that encompass HIV prevention and indentifying which of those policies local education agencies have adopted.

Conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey

• Conducting the 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) using school personnel and district-level coordinated school health coordinators.
   
• Publishing a report of the YRBS results and distributing it statewide.
   
• Developing an implementation plan for disseminating data from the high school YRBS.

For information on Tennessee's previous program activities, see Tennessee, 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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