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South Carolina

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 110K]
Selected Topics [pdf 111K]

School Health Policies and Programs Study
 School Health Program Report Card

Health Topic Fact Sheets
Childhood Overweight
[pdf 177K]
HIV Epidemic [pdf 276K]
 Tobacco Use [pdf 116K]
Violence Prevention [pdf 116K]
 
PREVIOUS PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
South Carolina, 2003–2008
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION

South Carolina Department of Education*

Lynn Hammond
Director, Healthy Schools

Lara Peck
PANT Coordinator

Aaron Bryan
HIV/AIDS Program Coordinator

Department of Health and Environmental Control*

Sandra Jeter
Director, Healthy Schools

 
Healthy KidsThe South Carolina Department of Education, in collaboration with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, understands the critical link between academic achievement and being healthy and works to improve the health status of youth. The South Carolina Department of Education supports these efforts by collaborating with schools and school districts to promote local-level decision making on health education, build youth assets, and enhance the involvement of families and communities. South Carolina receives funding from CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health to promote coordinated school health, provide HIV prevention education, and conduct the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS).

South Carolina's Program In Action

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

  • Providing professional development for training cadre members on effective research-based PANT programs and policies.
     
  • Providing training, resources, funding, and technical assistance regarding PANT to selected school districts disproportionately affected by chronic disease.
     
  • Collaborating with the South Carolina Association of School Administrators to develop a School Health Leadership Institute for school and health department administrators.
     
  • Collaborating with the South Carolina Office of Youth Services Youth Advisory Board to solicit youth recommendations for PANT program design and planning efforts.
     
  • Collaborating with Eat Smart, Move More South Carolina to develop a model School Wellness Policy.

Providing HIV Prevention Education

  • Maintaining a HIV prevention education training cadre to provide training, resources, and technical assistance to school districts disproportionately affected by HIV, STIs, and adolescent pregnancy.
     
  • Providing HIV prevention education training to new South Carolina teachers.
     
  • Providing training and assistance in HIV prevention education to community organizations that focus on addressing the needs of young African American males.

Conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey

  • Administering the YRBS to collect health risk behavior data representative of South Carolina students in middle and high school.
     
  • Disseminating and promoting the use of the YRBS data with state and local stakeholders.
     
  • Collaborating with other state agencies to develop recommendations for using multiple data sets, including the YRBS, to improve student health and academics.


For information on South Carolina's previous program activities, see South Carolina, 2003–2008.

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Page last reviewed: March 2, 2008
Page last modified: June 3, 2008
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