Wisconsin

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

Activities

• Develop and implement curriculum-linked strategies that engage parents in providing sexual health messages to youth.
• Develop, select, promote, and distribute sexual health education materials through a variety of channels.
• Update and share online an HIV/AIDS resource directory.
• Involve youth and parents in the HIV review panel activities.

Wisconsin is seeking to increase the percentage of schools in which the lead health education teacher received professional development during the past 2 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

• Implement online HIV 101 courses for school- and community-based staff.
• Provide maintenance of online course and review assessments from course participants.
• Collaborate with Health Care Education and Training to update and house the Educators’ Resource Center for Youth Sexual Risk Behavior Prevention Web site.

Wisconsin is seeking to increase the percentage of schools in which the lead health education teacher received professional development on at least six of the following during the past 2 years:

• Teaching HIV prevention to students with physical, medical, or cognitive disabilities.
• Teaching HIV prevention to students of various cultural backgrounds.
• Using interactive teaching methods for HIV prevention education, such as role plays or cooperative group activities.
• Teaching essential skills for health behavior change related to HIV prevention and guiding student practice of these skills.
• Teaching about health-promoting social norms and beliefs related to HIV prevention.
• Strategies for involving parents, families, and others in student learning of HIV prevention education.
• Assessing students’ performance in HIV prevention education.
• Implementing standards-based HIV prevention education curricula and student assessment.
• Using technology to improve HIV prevention education instruction.
• Teaching HIV prevention to students with limited English proficiency.
• Addressing community concerns and challenges related to HIV prevention education.

Activities

• Promote and implement workshops focused on skill-based instruction and assessment using Building Skills for Health Literacy.
• Provide follow-up technical assistance to workshop participants.
• Develop and implement self-paced online modules for aligning curriculum, instruction and assessment, and skills-based units of instruction for HIV prevention.
• Promote and implement the health education track of the Health Leadership Certificate program.

Physical Activity

Wisconsin is seeking to increase the percentage of schools that teach about all of the following in a required course:

• Physical, psychological, or social benefits of physical activity.
• Health-related fitness (i.e., cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular endurance, muscular strength, flexibility, and body composition).
• Phases of a workout (i.e., warm-up, workout, cool down).
• How much physical activity is enough (i.e., determining frequency, intensity, time, and type of physical activity).
• Developing an individualized physical activity plan.
• Monitoring progress toward reaching goals in an individualized physical activity plan.
• Overcoming barriers to physical activity.
• Decreasing sedentary activities such as television viewing.
• Opportunities for physical activity in the community.
• Preventing injury during physical activity.
• Weather-related safety (e.g., avoiding heat stroke, hypothermia, and sunburn while physically active).
• Dangers of using performance-enhancing drugs such as steroids.

Activities

• Conduct the Best Practices in Physical Activity and Health professional development event.
• Develop and disseminate a toolkit for schools to provide effective strategies to ensure students receive 60 minutes of physical activity.
• Provide professional development and technical assistance to elementary and middle schools on implementing and using fitness testing.
• Disseminate Wisconsin’s Model Academic Standards for Physical Education to all K–12 physical education teachers.

Nutrition

Wisconsin 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 2 years.

Activities

• Promote and implement workshops focused on skill-based instruction and assessment using Building Skills for Health Literacy.
• Conduct professional development experiences on the Wisconsin Nutrition Education Standards for educators.
• Provide follow-up technical assistance to professional development participants to aid with implementation of workshop topics.

Tobacco

Wisconsin is seeking to increase the percentage of schools in which the lead health education teacher received professional development on tobacco-use prevention education during the past 2 years.

Activities

• Promote and implement workshops focused on skill-based instruction and assessment using the Building Skills for Health Literacy: Tobacco Use Prevention resource.
• Conduct three share shops/workshops for schools, coalitions, and state partners to develop relationships, improve technical assistance, and foster collaboration on local tobacco prevention and control efforts.
• Provide technical assistance and consultation for local tobacco coalitions to better involve youth in leadership and advocacy for tobacco prevention.

Wisconsin 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

• Develop online resources and examples to promote the collaboration of school and local coalitions.
• Share health program assessment tools that promote school and community partnerships and coordination.
• Develop and disseminate a toolkit for schools to provide effective strategies to ensure students receive 60 minutes of physical activity.
• Disseminate best practices to schools and community partners on physical activity and nutrition through Web sites and e-mail lists.

Wisconsin 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

• Administer and promote the Wisconsin Governor’s School Health Award.
• Collect, adapt, or develop coordinated school health guidance documents and resource materials consistent with CDC guidelines and best practices.
  

Wisconsin 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

• Promote and administer the Movin’ and Munchin’ Schools program.
• Work with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to educate on the recommended policy and environmental change strategies to school district administration, public health, and other key stakeholder groups.
• Administer and promote the Wisconsin Governor’s School Health Award program.