This is coordinated to help promote school health. This provides professional development and technical assistance on health policy, curriculum, and programming; identifies, develops, and has resources. This works to help integrate school health goals and strategies into school improvement plans, this is in order to help and promote the health of the youth in Kentucky.
Promoting School Health:
Partnering with the Barren River District Health Department to develop a well-coordinated school health program in four school districts.
Providing professional development that addresses CDC’s six youth health risk behaviors to key stakeholders to build support for coordinated school health programs.
Conducting quarterly meetings of the Physical Activity Advisory Council to address physical activity policies and programs.
Conducting regional Youth Tobacco Conferences with the Kentucky Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program to address prevention strategies within schools and local communities.
Participating in the Southern States Collaborative to address common training needs in the areas of physical activity, nutrition and tobacco.
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