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What's New in School Health

This section contains information about school health data, resources and information.

March 2010

National Healthy Schools Day is April 26, 2010. Plan ahead for your district's activities!

Healthier Students Are Better Learners: A Missing Link in School Reforms to Close the Achievement Gap -- research article on the seven educationally relevant health disparities that disproportionately affect urban minority youth from low-income families, with a discussion on how these health disparities impede motivation and ability learn through five interrelated causal pathways. (PDF)

CDC published a special supplement called "Positive Youth Development Promoting Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Review of Observational and Intervention Research," in the Journal of Adolescent Health. Positive youth development programs reduce sexual risk behavior by helping youth strengthen relationships and skills, embed them in positive networks of supportive adults, and develop a more positive view of their future by providing academic, economic and volunteer opportunities. Read the report here

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