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Describes guides, briefs, tools, and websites that support improvements in school climate. Includes guidance for programmatic intervention, measures, school climate (engagement, environment, and safety), and special populations.
Highlights progress in implementing the National Prevention Strategy and reaching its goal of increasing the number of Americans who are healthy at every stage of life. The strategy envisions a prevention-oriented society where all sectors contribute to the health of individuals, families, and communities.
Presents the prevalence of mental health issues in adolescents and the challenges adolescents face in accessing mental health care in the U.S. Challenges addressed include demographic disparities, lack of prevention and early detection, poorly coordinated services, lack of or limited insurance coverage, and provider shortages.
Presents a compilation of articles related to violence prevention on college campuses. Issues discussed include sexual assault, hazing, celebratory rioting, and violence perpetrated by those under the influence of alcohol and drugs. The articles provide an overview of each issue and recommendations on strategies for violence prevention.
Provides a new, free online course designed to inform those who deliver teen pregnancy prevention programming. The course will help professionals understand key terms related to gender and sexual identity, the challenges that LGBTQ youth face and the importance of including them in prevention messages about teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, and key strategies for creating safe spaces and classrooms for LGBTQ youth.
Supports the continued transformation of our nation’s juvenile justice systems in a manner that adheres to its primary responsibilities while effectively incorporating the research-based knowledge about adolescent development into practice.
Provides information on the implementation of PEP (the Carol M. White Physical Education Program). Year one highlights include: 76 grantees serving almost 300,000 youth across the country, all but one grantee formed partnerships. 76 percent of grantees reported implementing the majority of year one planned activities, and the majority of reported challenges consisted of difficulty of collecting data on youth.
Describes the impact of violence on public health and safety and encourages a spectrum of prevention approach that includes individuals, community education, fostering coalitions, updating organizational policies, and influencing policy. Lastly, identifies key risk factors and suggests and integrated strategy for action.
Clarifies appropriate mitigation strategies based on level of community transmission of COVID-19 and presence of COVID-19 cases within the school. Provides guidance for when confirmed cases have entered a school, regardless of the level of community transmission.