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The Kentucky Department of Education receives funding from CDC's Division of Adolescent and School Health to

  • Conduct the Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
  • Implement effective policies, programs, and practices to avoid, prevent, and reduce sexual risk behaviors among students that contribute to HIV infection, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and pregnancy.
  • Promote coordinated school health policies, programs, and practices with an emphasis on physical activity, nutrition, and tobacco use prevention.

Facts and Figures for Kentucky

Youth Risk Behavior Survey

Youth Online: Interactive Data for Kentucky


School Health Profiles

School Health Policies and Practices Study

Programs in Action

Program Success Stories

image of adolescentPublic Smoking Policies—Youth Can Make a Difference (2007) [pdf 39K]


HIV, STD, and Unintended Pregnancy Prevention

Kentucky is seeking to increase the percentage of schools that provide parents and families health information to increase parent and family knowledge of HIV, STD, and teen pregnancy prevention.

Activities
  • Provide medically accurate HIV prevention information to school Family Resource Youth Service Centers to share with families.
  • Develop a resource for schools on family and community involvement in HIV programs and policies.
  • Leverage the reach of the North Central Area Health Education Center’s use of health promotores (promoters) to provide information on preventing HIV, STD, and unintended pregnancy to a minimum of 100 Hispanic youth and parents.

Kentucky is seeking to increase the percentage of schools in which students’ family or community members have helped develop or implement HIV, STD, or teen pregnancy prevention policies and programs.

Activities
  • Provide professional development, technical assistance, and/or resources to a minimum of 30 schools on involving families and community members in HIV prevention programs and policies through Coordinated School Health committees.
  • Develop a resource for schools on family and community involvement in HIV programs and policies.
  • Develop strategies to address teen pregnancy prevention in collaboration with the Kentucky Department for Public Health and the Kentucky Teen Pregnancy Coalition that could include opportunities for parent and family involvement.

Kentucky is seeking to increase the percentage of schools in which the lead health education teacher received professional development during the past two years on all of the following:

  • Describing how widespread HIV and other STD infections are and the consequences of these infections.
  • Understanding the modes of transmission and effective prevention strategies for HIV and other STDs.
  • Identifying populations of youth who are at high risk of being infected with HIV and other STDs.
  • Implementing health education strategies using prevention messages that are likely to be effective in reaching youth.
Activities
  • Provide professional development to at least 75 teachers on HIV prevention, teaching strategies, and the newly implemented Practical Living/Career Studies Program Review.
  • Provide professional development to 50 middle and high school teachers on evidence-based curricula for HIV and teen pregnancy prevention.
  • Maintain strong partnerships with district health coordinators, the Division of Program Standards at the Kentucky Department of Education, and the Health Education Assessment Project to provide resources to health teachers.

Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Tobacco (PANT)

Physical Activity


Kentucky is seeking to increase the percentage of schools that offer intramural activities or physical activity clubs for all students, including those with disabilities.

Activities
  • Partner with the Kentucky Out of School Alliance to develop and distribute at least two resources for schools on creating physical activity clubs and intramurals for students.

Nutrition


Kentucky is seeking to increase the percentage of schools in which the lead health education teacher received professional development on nutrition education and dietary behavior during the past two years.

Activities
  • Provide professional development to at least 75 secondary health education teachers on nutrition education, how to use the National Health Education Standards, and resources for student assessment.
  • Provide professional development to a minimum of 100 teachers on the new Practical Living/Career Studies Program Review that will include nutrition education.

Tobacco


Kentucky is seeking to increase the percentage of schools that follow a policy that mandates a tobacco-free environment. A tobacco-free environment is one that prohibits tobacco use by students, staff, and visitors in school buildings, at school functions, in school vehicles, on school grounds, and at off-site school events, applicable 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.

Activities
  • Leverage partnerships to assist at least 10 schools in the implementation of 24/7 tobacco-free school campuses through skills-building meetings and follow-up support.

Coordinated School Health

Kentucky is seeking to increase the percentage of schools that have a group (e.g., school health team) that helps plan and implement school health programs, with representation from 10 or more of the following:

  • School administrators.
  • Health education teachers.
  • Physical education teachers.
  • Mental health or social services staff.
  • Nutrition or food service staff.
  • Health services staff (e.g., school nurse).
  • Maintenance and transportation staff.
  • Student body.
  • Parents or families of students.
  • Community.
  • Local health departments, agencies, or organizations.
  • Faith-based organizations.
  • Businesses.
  • Local government.
Activities
  • Provide professional development for at least 80 district health coordinators to assist them in expanding a well-coordinated school health system, including a school health team.
  • Develop a Coordinated School Health 101 online training that includes information about developing a representative group, such as a school health team, to help plan and implement school health programs.
  • Plan the Safe and Healthy School Conference with the Kentucky School Board Association.

Kentucky is seeking to increase the percentage of schools that have ever assessed their policies, activities, and programs by using the School Health Index or a similar self-assessment tool in any of the following areas:  

  • Physical activity.
  • Nutrition.
  • Tobacco-use prevention.
Activities
  • Expand the Physical Activity, Nutrition, Tobacco and Asthma Guide for schools to include school environment assessment information.
  • Provide professional development, technical assistance, and/or resources to a minimum of 30 schools on Coordinated School Health Committees and the School Health Index.
  • Ensure that youth in at least 40 schools will assess their schools’ policies or environments in physical activity or nutrition using the Students Taking Charge program developed by Action for Healthy Kids.

Kentucky is seeking to increase the percentage of schools that provide parents and families health information to increase parent and family knowledge of any of the following health issues:

  • Tobacco-use prevention.
  • Physical activity.
  • Nutrition and healthy eating.
Activities
  • Establish a new subcommittee in coordinated school health to focus on community collaboration with school health activities.
  • Provide Family Resource and Youth Service Centers with at least two new resources to assist them in working with the community to provide programs, services, and referrals to students and their families across a variety of learning and health issues.
  • Provide technical assistance, professional development, and resources to four school districts in counties with the greatest health disparities to assist schools in implementing coordinated school health programs.

 

 

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