State Agencies
Iowa

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 226K] Selected Topics [pdf 236K] School Health Policies and Programs Study School Health Program Report Card Health Topic Fact Sheets Childhood Obesity [pdf 226K] HIV Epidemic [pdf 127K] Tobacco Use [pdf 117K]   PREVIOUS PROGRAM ACTIVITIES Iowa, 2003–2008   FOR MORE INFORMATION Iowa Department of Education* Sara Peterson HIV/AIDS Project Director

Iowa's Program In Action

Providing HIV Prevention Education

• Providing professional development for educators, community-based organizations, juvenile justice faculty, and other youth serving organizations on age-appropriate, medically-accurate and research-based HIV/STD/unintended pregnancy interventions and prevention skills.
   
• Collaborating with the Iowa Department of Public Health to provide training for school health professionals on evidence-based strategies for reaching youth at disproportionate risk with HIV prevention education programs.
   
• Increasing the capacity of educators to select and implement HIV, human growth and development, and health education programs for students that are age-appropriate and research-based, and are aligned with students’ needs, community norms, and state and local laws and policies.

Conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey

• Administering the YRBS to collect data that are representative of Iowa students in grades 9−12.
   
• Distributing survey results from the YRBS to statewide agencies, schools, local school administrators, the state Community Planning Group, and other agencies working with youth.
   
• Using YRBS data to prepare state publications and improve programs and policies.

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