State Agencies
South Dakota

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 110K] Selected Topics  [pdf 110K] School Health Policies and Programs Study School Health Program Report Card Health Topic Fact Sheets Childhood Overweight [pdf 182K] HIV Epidemic [pdf 270K] Tobacco Use [pdf 116K] Violence Prevention [pdf 116K]   PREVIOUS PROGRAM ACTIVITIES South Dakota, 2003–2008   FOR MORE INFORMATION South Dakota Department of Education* Kari Senger CSHP Director Karen Keyser Health Education Coordinator April Hodges HIV Coordinator South Dakota Department of Health* Coleen Reinert CSHP Director

South Dakota's Program In Action

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

• Developing cross-agency partnerships to coordinate activities related to Coordinated School Health and the promotion of PANT.
   
• Providing professional development for educators on effective health and physical education curricula, instruction, and assessment.
   
• Identifying schools with outstanding school health achievement to receive the Governor’s Healthy School Award.
   
• Coordinating a review committee to update the South Dakota health and physical education standards.
   
• Providing training, technical assistance, and Native American specific resources on PANT for schools that serve a large number of Native American youth.

Providing HIV Prevention Education

• Distributing information and resources about effective HIV prevention education within the context of CSH to public, private, and Bureau of Indian schools.
   
• Developing a model HIV school policy that includes HIV prevention education, infection control, confidentiality, and other relevant prevention issues.
   
• Providing training, technical assistance, and resources on the implementation of effective HIV prevention programs and practices for schools primarily serving Native American youth.

Conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey

• Administering the YRBS to collect data on health risk behaviors that are representative of South Dakota students in grades 9-12.
   
• Marketing and distributing the YRBS results.
   
• Partnering with key stakeholders to highlight YRBS data for South Dakota.

For information on South Dakota's previous program activities, see South Dakota, 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

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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: March 2, 2008
Page last modified: June 3, 2008
Content source: National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Adolescent and School Health

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