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Persons using assistive technology might not be able to fully access information in this file. For assistance, please send e-mail to: mmwrq@cdc.gov. Type 508 Accommodation and the title of the report in the subject line of e-mail. Characteristics of Health Education Among Secondary Schools -- School Health Education Profiles, 1996State and Local School Health Education Profiles Coordinators Site Coordinator Affiliation Alabama Judy Ryals State Department of Education Alaska Helen Mehrkens Department of Education Arkansas Kathleen Courtney Department of Education California Jana Kay Slater, PhD State Department of Education Chicago,IL Peggy Finnegan Chicago Public Schools Colorado Linda Tamayo State Department of Education Connecticut Catherine Oleksiw, PhD State Department of Education Dallas, TX Phyllis Simpson, PhD Dallas Independent School District Delaware Janet Arns Department of Education Ft. Lauderdale, FL Diane Scalise School Board of Broward County Georgia John Roddy Department of Education Houston Gerri Moore Houston Independent School District Idaho Barbara Eisenbarth Department of Education Indiana Brad Gumbert Department of Education Iowa Sara Peterson, MA Department of Education Jersey City, NJ David Chioda Jersey City Board of Education Kansas Darrel Lang, EdD State Department of Education Kentucky Glenda Donaho Department of Education Los Angeles, CA Ruth Rich, EdD Los Angeles Unified School District Louisiana Dean Frost State Department of Education Maine Joni Foster Department of Education Massachusetts Carol Goodenow, PhD Department of Education Miami Nadine Gay, MSW School Board of Dade County Michigan Patricia Nichols, MS Department of Education Minnesota Geri Graham Department of Education Missouri Janet Wilson, Med Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Montana Rick Chiotti Office of Public Instruction Nebraska LaVonne Uffelman, MPE Department of Education Newark, NJ Pat Joyner Board of Education New Hampshire Joyce Johnson, MA State Department of Education New Jersey Sarah Kleinman State Department of Education New Mexico Kristine Meurer Department of Education New Orleans, LA Charles Khoury New Orleans Public Schools North Dakota Linda Johnson, MS Department of Public Instruction Ohio Meg Wagner, MS Department of Education Oregon Paul Kabarec Department of Education Philadelphia, PA Cathy Balsley, EdD School District of Philadelphia Rhode Island Cynthia Corbridge, Department of Education MEd, MSW San Diego, CA Ellen Hohenstein San Diego Unified School District San Francisco, CA Trish Bascom San Francisco Unified School District South Carolina Joanne Fraser, EdD Department of Education South Dakota Laurie Jensen-Wunder Department of Education and Cultural Affairs Tennessee Jerry Swaim State Department of Education Utah Jaqueline Morasco- State Office of Education Engtow Instructional Services Washington Pamela Tollefsen, Med State Department of Education Washington, DC Johnnie Fairfax District of Columbia Public Schools West Virginia Nancy Parr, MA Department of Education Wyoming Mike Smith Department of Education Characteristics of Health Education Among Secondary Schools -- School Health Education Profiles, 1996 Jo Anne Grunbaum, Ed.D. (1) Laura Kann, Ph.D. (1) Barbara I. Williams, Ph.D. (2) Steven A. Kinchen (1) Janet L. Collins, Ph.D. (1) Lloyd J. Kolbe, Ph.D. (1) State and Local School Health Education Profiles Coordinators (1) Division of Adolescent and School Health National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (2) Westat Rockville, Maryland Abstract Problem/Condition: School health education (e.g., classroom training) is an essential component of school health programs; such education promotes the health of youth and improves overall public health. Reporting Period: February-May 1996. Description of System: The School Health Education Profiles monitor characteristics of health education in middle or junior high schools and senior high schools. The Profiles are school-based surveys conducted by state and local education agencies. This report summarizes results from 35 state surveys and 13 local surveys conducted among representative samples of school principals and lead health education teachers. The lead health education teacher is the person who coordinates health education policies and programs within a middle or junior high school and senior high school. Results: During the study period, almost all schools in states and cities required health education in grades 6-12; of these, a median of 87.6% of states and 75.8% of cities taught a separate health education course. The median percentage of schools that tried to increase student knowledge on certain topics (i.e., prevention of tobacco use, alcohol and other drug use, pregnancy, human immunodeficiency virus {HIV} infection, other sexually transmitted diseases, violence, or suicide; dietary behaviors and nutrition; and physical activity and fitness) was greater than 72% for each of these topics. The median percentage of schools that tried to improve certain student skills (i.e., communication, decision making, goal setting, resisting social pressures, nonviolent conflict resolution, stress management, and analysis of media messages) was greater than 69% for each of these skills. The median percentage of schools that had a health education teacher coordinate health education was 33.0% across states and 26.8% across cities. Almost all schools taught HIV education as part of a required health education course (state median: 94.3%; local median: 98.1%), and more than half (state median: 69.5%; local median: 82.5%) had a written policy on HIV infection among students and school staff. A median of 41.0% of schools across states and a median of 25.8% of schools across cities had a lead health education teacher with professional preparation in health and physical education, and less than 25% of schools across states or cities had a lead health education teacher with professional preparation in health education only. Across states, the median percentage of schools, whose lead health education teacher had received in-service training on certain health education topics, ranged from 15.6% for suicide prevention to 51.4% for HIV prevention; across cities, the median percentage ranged from 26.2% for suicide prevention to 76.1% for HIV prevention. A median of 19.7% of schools across states and 18.1% of schools across cities had a school health advisory council. Of the schools that received parental feedback (state median: 59.1%; local median: 54.2%), greater than 78% reported receiving poitive feedback. Interpretation: More than 75% of schools have a required course in health education to help provide students with the knowledge and skills they need to adopt healthy lifestyles. Actions Taken: The School Health Education Profiles data are being used by state and local education officials to improve school health education and HIV education. INTRODUCTION School health education (e.g., classroom training) is an essential component of school health programs. In 1990, CDC developed an interim operational definition of health education that identifies eight elements of school health education: a) a documented, planned, and sequential program of health education for students in kindergarten through grade 12; b) a curriculum that addresses and integrates education about health problems and issues; c) activities that help young persons develop skills to avoid risk behaviors (i.e., tobacco use; alcohol and other drug {AOD} use; imprudent dietary patterns; inadequate physical activity; sexual behaviors that result in unintended pregnancy, human immunodeficiency virus {HIV} infection, or infection by other sexually transmitted diseases {STD}; and behaviors that result in unintentional and intentional injuries); d) instruction provided for a prescribed amount of time at each grade level; e) management and coordination by an education professional trained to implement the health education program in each school; f) instruction from teachers trained to teach the subject; g) involvement of parents, health professionals, and other concerned community members; and h) periodic evaluation, updating, and improvement of the health education program (1). The importance of school health education in promoting the health of youth and contributing to the overall public health is articulated in Healthy People 2000, which includes nine objectives to be attained through school health education by the year 2000 (2). The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has also recognized the importance of school health education. In 1997, the IOM Committee on Comprehensive School Health Programs in kindergarten through grade 12 recommended sequential health education at all grade levels during elementary school and middle or junior high school; a required one-semester health education course at the secondary school level taught by qualified health education teachers (i.e., health education teachers with preservice training in health education) that includes effective, up-to-date curricula and emphasizes the six categories of risk behaviors identified by CDC; and preservice training in health education content and methodology for elementary school teachers (3). In 1995, to assess the status of school health education within interested states and cities, CDC, in collaboration with state and large local education agencies, developed School Health Education Profiles. Data were collected for the first time in 1996, and subsequently, have been used by interested state and local education agencies to monitor characteristics of health education in the middle or junior high schools and senior high schools in their jurisdiction. The Profiles include data from a questionnaire completed by school principals and a questionnaire completed by each school's lead health education teacher. The lead health education teacher is the person who coordinates health education policies and programs within a middle or junior high school and senior high school. This report summarizes baseline data from the 1996 Profiles (principals' surveys were conducted in 35 states and 13 cities, and lead health education teachers' surveys were conducted in 34 of those states and the same 13 cities). As of the publication of this report, 1998 data are being analyzed and will be compared with the 1996 Profiles in a future surveillance summary. METHODS Sampling The School Health Education Profiles employ systematic equal-probability sampling strategies to produce representative samples of schools serving students in grades 6-12 in each jurisdiction. In most states and cities, the sampling frame consists of all regular secondary public schools having at least one of grades 6-12. Some sites modify this procedure by inviting all schools, rather than a sample of schools, to participate. Data Collection At each school, data are collected during the spring semester. The principal's questionnaire and the lead health education teacher's questionnaire are both mailed to the principal of each sampled school. The principal then determines who the lead health education teacher is and distributes the questionnaire accordingly. Participation in the surveys is confidential and voluntary. Responses are recorded on the questionnaire booklet by the principal or teacher, then returned directly to the state or local education agency. Follow-up telephone calls and written reminders encourage participation. Data Analysis A weighting factor is applied to each record to reflect the likelihood of principals or teachers being selected, to adjust for differing patterns of nonresponse, and to improve precision by making sample distributions conform to known population distributions. Data from a state or city with an overall response rate of greater than or equal to 70% and appropriate documentation were weighted, and data from surveys from a site not meeting these criteria were not weighted. Weighted data are representative of all public schools serving grades 6-12 in the jurisdiction; unweighted data are representative only of the participating schools. Because of a low response rate, data from principals' surveys conducted in one state and data from lead health education teachers' surveys conducted in two states are not included in this report. In addition, upon request of the state education agency, data from three states are not included in this analysis. Thus, this report presents information on 34 states with data from both principals' and lead health education teachers' surveys, 1 state with data from only the principals' survey, and 13 cities with data from both principals' and lead health education teachers' surveys (Table_1). Across states, the sample size of the principals' surveys ranged from 49 to 852, and the response rates ranged from 51% to 96%; across cities, the sample size ranged from 24 to 232, and the response rates ranged from 74% to 100% (Table_1). Across states, the sample size of the lead health education teachers' surveys ranged from 47 to 709, and the response rates ranged from 52% to 95%; across cities, the sample size ranged from 24 to 224, and the response rates ranged from 72% to 100%. SUDAAN * was used to compute point estimates (4). Medians are presented for all states (those with weighted data and those with unweighted data) and for all cities. RESULTS Health Education Courses Required Health Education Across states, 77.5%-100% (median: 95.4%) of schools required health education at least once for students in grades 6-12 (Table_2). Across cities, 86.0%-100% (median: 97.1%) of schools required health education at least once for students in grades 6-12. Among those schools that required health education, the percentage of schools that provided required health education in a separate health education course varied nearly twofold across states (range: 58.4%-100%; median: 87.6%) and fivefold across cities (range: 19.5%-100%; median: 75.8%). Curricula, Guidelines, and Frameworks for Required Health Education Courses The median percentage of schools with a required health education course that required teachers to use:
school health education courses. Content of Required Health Education Courses In a required health education course, the median percentage of schools across states that tried to increase student knowledge of tobacco-use prevention was 97.3% (range: 92.5%-100%); AOD-use prevention, 99.2% (range: 96.3%-100%); dietary behaviors and nutrition, 94.3% (range: 89.3%-98.5%); physical activity and fitness, 94.5% (range: 87.5%-98.3%); pregnancy prevention, 84.9% (range: 47.4%-94.8%); HIV prevention, 97.2% (range: 75.8%-100%); other STD prevention, 93.8% (range: 65.2%-100%); violence prevention, 85.9% (range: 76.8%-95.5%); and suicide prevention, 72.5% (range: 54.6%-85.3%) (Table_4). The median percentage of schools across cities that tried to increase student knowledge of tobacco-use prevention was 95.3% (range: 89.3%-100%); AOD-use prevention, 100% (range: 96.6%-100%); dietary behaviors and nutrition, 97.4% (range: 86.0%-100%); physical activity and fitness, 96.4% (range: 86.0%-100%); pregnancy prevention, 92.5% (range: 74.4%-97.6%); HIV prevention, 100% (range: 89.8%-100%); other STD prevention, 98.9% (range: 85.2%-100%); violence prevention, 93.3% (range: 87.0%-100%); and suicide prevention, 75.6% (range: 39.7%-89.1%). In a required health education course, the median percentage of schools across states that tried to improve students' communication skills was 90.2% (range: 84.2%-97.3%); decision-making skills, 96.5% (range: 91.1%-99.7%); goal-setting skills, 89.8% (range: 81.1%-97.3%); skills in resisting social pressures, 96.4% (range: 91.0%-100%); skills in nonviolent conflict resolution, 81.5% (range: 72.0%-92.5%); stress-management skills, 85.7% (range: 67.8%-94.9%); and skills in analysis of media messages, 74.9% (range: 57.9%-89.4%) (Table_5). The median percentage of schools across cities that tried to improve students' communication skills was 93.8% (range: 88.4%-100%); decision-making skills, 97.4% (range: 93.0%-100%); goal-setting skills, 94.4% (range: 79.1%-100%); skills in resisting social pressures, 96.4% (range: 90.8%-100%); skills in nonviolent conflict resolution, 90.0% (range: 83.4%-100%); stress-management skills, 80.1% (range: 53.5%-96.4%); and skills in analysis of media messages, 69.8% (range: 52.7%-87.6%). Coordination of Health Education Across states and cities, the school district administrator (state median: 20.3%; local median: 17.1%), the school administrator (state median: 30.3%; local median: 45.2%), or a health education teacher (state median: 33.0%; local median: 26.8%) was identified most often as being responsible for coordinating health education (Table_6). Across the states and cities, school nurses (state median: 1.3%; local median: 0.0%) and outside consultants (state median: 0.0%; local median: 0.0%) rarely coordinated health education. The median percentage of schools having no coordinator of health education was 10.4% across states and 6.4% across cities. Professional Preparation of Lead Health Education Teachers Across states, the median percentage of schools whose lead health education teacher had professional preparation in health and physical education was 41.0%; health education only, 4.5%; physical education only, 18.3%; science, home economics, family and consumer education, or elementary education, 19.6%; nursing or counseling, 4.1%; and another discipline, 4.6% (Table_7). Across cities, the median percentage of schools whose lead health education teacher had professional preparation in health and physical education was 25.8%; health education only, 5.6%; physical education only, 5.2%; science, home economics, family and consumer education, or elementary education, 36.4%; nursing or counseling, 3.5%; and another discipline, 3.5%. In-Service Training on Health Education Topics Across states, the median percentage of schools whose lead health education teacher had received greater than or equal to 4 hours of in-service training in the previous 2 years on tobacco-use prevention was 21.3% (range: 11.7%-57.6%); AOD-use prevention, 40.3% (range: 29.0%-64.3%); dietary behaviors and nutrition, 26.9% (range: 16.3%-50.1%); physical activity and fitness, 31.9% (range: 19.7%-46.6%); pregnancy prevention, 21.0% (range: 9.3%-36.9%); HIV prevention, 51.4% (range: 29.2%-76.1%); other STD prevention, 33.8% (range: 23.5%-56.4%); violence prevention, 41.8% (range: 29.2%-75.1%); and suicide prevention, 15.6% (range: 9.2%-29.9%) (Table_8). Across cities, the median percentage of schools whose lead health education teacher had received greater than or equal to 4 hours of in-service training in the previous 2 years on tobacco-use prevention was 40.8% (range: 3.3%-100%); AOD-use prevention was 58.5% (range: 29.7%-100%); dietary behaviors and nutrition, 33.6% (range: 11.6%-48.0%); physical activity and fitness, 35.8% (range: 11.6%-83.9%); pregnancy prevention, 43.3% (range: 21.3%-69.8%); HIV prevention, 76.1% (range: 48.4%-97.7%); other STD prevention, 60.6% (range: 38.8%-91.7%); violence prevention, 66.8% (range: 32.9%-93.0%); and suicide prevention, 26.2% (range: 10.5%-50.0%). Across states, the median percentage of schools whose lead health education teacher wanted in-service training on tobacco-use prevention was 46.0% (range: 35.8%-59.6%); AOD-use prevention, 53.5% (range: 43.4%-68.7%); dietary behaviors and nutrition, 47.4% (range: 36.2%-58.3%); physical activity and fitness, 38.6% (range: 30.6%-54.7%); pregnancy prevention, 47.4% (range: 36.0%-62.8%); HIV prevention, 53.8% (range: 41.4%-74.6%); other STD prevention, 55.0% (range: 41.2%-67.5%); violence prevention, 62.4% (range: 51.4%-73.3%); and suicide prevention, 68.3% (range: 55.8%-78.5%) (Table_9). Across cities, the median percentage of schools whose lead health education teachers wanted in-service training on tobacco-use prevention was 47.1% (range: 36.3%-63.4%); AOD-use prevention, 62.1% (range: 48.9%-72.6%); dietary behaviors and nutrition, 54.9% (range: 23.3%-73.7%); physical activity and fitness, 45.8% (range: 26.6%-63.3%); pregnancy prevention, 46.8% (range: 30.4%-81.8%); HIV prevention, 56.1% (range: 28.0%-83.3%); other STD prevention, 52.7% (range: 39.8%-73.7%); violence prevention, 67.9% (range: 58.7%-81.9%); and suicide prevention, 70.9% (range: 53.5%-85.7%). Parental and Community Involvement in School Health Education School health advisory councils involve the community and parents in conducting needs assessment, developing plans and policies, and coordinating programs and resources. The median percentage of schools in states or cities with an advisory council to address school health policies and programs was less than 20% (data not shown). The percentage of schools ranged from 7.6% to 57.6% (median: 19.7%) across states and from 3.8% to 54.2% (median: 18.1%) across cities. The median percentage of schools that reported parental feedback on health education was 59.1% across states and 54.2% across cities (Table_10). Among the schools that received feedback, the median percentage that received mainly positive feedback was 86.1% across states and 92.3% across cities. The median percentage of schools that received mainly negative feedback was 1.7% across states and 0.0% across cities, and the median percentage of schools that received equally positive and negative parental feedback was 12.2% across states and 7.5% across cities. Parents were involved in required health education courses in several ways. A median of 50.4% of schools across states and 68.4% of schools across cities sent parents health-related educational materials; 43.8% of schools across states and 61.9% of schools across cities sent parents newsletters on health-related topics; 43.9% of schools across states and 65.5% of schools across cities invited parents to attend health education classes or health fairs; and 25.6% of schools across states and 39.1% of schools across cities offered health programs for parents (Table_11). HIV Education The median percentage of schools that required HIV education be taught as part of a mandatory health education course was 94.3% (range: 65.3%-100%) across states and 98.1% (range: 84.4%-100%) across cities (Table_12). Among those schools across states that required HIV education, the median percentage that taught how HIV infection is and is not transmitted was 99.4% (range: 96.4%-100%); reasons for choosing sexual abstinence, 97.0% (range: 90.9%-100%); condom efficiency, 75.5% (range: 43.8%-92.7%); and how to use condoms correctly, 48.3% (range: 7.9%-65.4%). Among those schools across cities that required HIV education, the median percentage that taught how HIV infection is and is not transmitted was 100% (range: 97.3%-100%); reasons for choosing sexual abstinence, 98.3% (range: 92.7%-100%); condom efficiency, 84.1% (range: 64.9%-100%); and how to use condoms correctly was 69.0% (range: 42.3%-100%). Policies on HIV-Infected Students or School Staff The median percentage of schools with a written policy from their school or school district regarding HIV-infected students or school staff was 69.5% (range: 45.7%-89.4%) across states and 82.5% (range: 67.6%-100%) across cities (Table_13). Across states, the median percentage of schools with a written policy that addressed maintenance of confidentiality was 94.9% (range: 84.8%-100%); protection of HIV-infected persons from discrimination, 90.4% (range: 83.5%-97.9%); worksite safety (e.g., use of universal precautions), 92.7% (range: 83.4%-98.6%); evaluation of the health status of HIV-infected students and school staff, 68.4% (range: 50.0%-79.3%); communication of the policy to students and parents, 75.7% (range: 56.3%-88.4%); and inappropriateness of routine testing for HIV infection, 36.4% (range: 22.8%-58.1%). Across cities, the median percentage of schools with a written policy that addressed maintenance of confidentiality was 100% (range: 93.0%-100%); protection of HIV-infected persons from discrimination, 97.6% (range: 88.7%-100%); worksite safety, 95.9% (range: 77.2%-100%); evaluation of the health status of HIV-infected students and school staff, 65.5% (range: 41.9%-97.6%); communication of the policy to students, school staff, and parents, 84.4% (range: 69.0%-100%); and inappropriateness of routine testing for HIV infection, 47.8% (range: 4.8%-73.3%). DISCUSSION School health education could be one of the most effective means to reduce and prevent some of the most serious health problems in the United States, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, motor-vehicle crashes, homicide, and suicide (3). The 1996 School Health Education Profiles data are generally similar to those from the 1994 School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS) (5). For example, the Profiles data corroborate the SHPPS finding that many schools required health education (SHPPS: 97.2%; Profiles: greater than 77%). However, the median percentage of schools across states and cities that taught pregnancy prevention, violence prevention, or suicide prevention was higher in the Profiles than SHPPS. This difference could be a result of increases in the percentage of schools teaching these topics from 1994 to 1996 or a result of different survey methodologies (e.g., questionnaire wording, mode of data collection, or sample design). Limitations of the 1996 School Health Education Profiles are the exclusion of private and alternative schools and the self-reporting of data by principals and lead health education teachers. The IOM recommends that U.S. schools require a one-semester health education course at the secondary school level taught by a qualified health education teacher (3). The Profiles data demonstrated that among schools that required health education, the median percentage that taught it as a separate course was high (state: 87.6%; local: 75.8%), but the variation was nearly twofold at the state level and fivefold at the local level. Some education agencies will need assistance in creating a separate health education course. Lead health education teachers were more likely to have had professional preparation in health and physical education (state median: 41.0%; local median: 25.8%) than in any other major. Many other lead health education teachers reported a nonhealth education major (state median: 4.1%-19.6%; local median: 3.5%-36.4%). The number of health education teachers who major in health education needs to be increased. The elements of school health education identified by CDC and assessed by the Profiles include a) helping students develop skills to avoid risk behaviors; b) managing and coordinating the health education program by a trained professional; c) and involving parents, health professionals, and other community members (1). The median percentage of schools across states and cities that taught skills in communication, decision making, goal setting, resisting social pressures, nonviolent conflict resolution, stress management, or analysis of media messages was greater than 69%. The median percentage of schools that had a health education teacher coordinate the health education program was only 33% across states and 27% across cities. Parental and community involvement in school health education was low or moderate: the percentage of schools with a health advisory council ranged from 7.6% to 57.6% across states and from 3.8% to 54.2% across cities. CDC has issued guidelines for school health programs to prevent tobacco use and addiction (6), promote lifelong healthy eating (7), promote lifelong physical activity (8), and prevent the spread of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (9). Each set of guidelines addresses the need for health education instruction for students and training for teachers. The School Health Education Profiles data demonstrated that greater than 86% of schools across participating states and cities provided health education to students on reducing tobacco use and improving dietary behaviors and physical activity and that greater than 76% provided health education to students on preventing HIV infection. The median percentage of teachers who received in-service training during the previous 2 years on tobacco-use prevention, dietary behaviors, and physical activity was only 21%-41% across states and cities; the median percentage of teachers who received in-service training on HIV prevention was 51% across states and 76% across cities. In addition, the median percentage of lead health education teachers who wanted in-service training on these topics was approximately 50%. More frequent in-service training with the most up-to-date information is needed to enable teachers to confidently and effectively present these topics to their students. Many adolescents in the United States engage in behaviors that increase their risk for HIV infection (10). The School Health Education Profiles indicated that most schools in participating states and cities taught skills to reduce such risk behaviors, and the median percentage of schools across states and cities that required HIV education be taught as part of a mandatory health education course was greater than 94%. The National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) encourages every state and school district to develop policies concerning HIV-infected students and school staff (11). The Profiles indicated that the median percentage of schools that had such a school or school district written policy was 70% across states and 83% across cities. Among those schools with a written policy, the median percentage that included topics recommended by NASBE (i.e., confidentiality; protecting HIV-infected persons from discrimination; worksite safety; and communicating the policy to students, school staff, and parents) was greater than 75%. As the School Health Education Profiles data demonstrated, a large percentage of schools provide a required course in health education to help students develop the knowledge and skills they need to adopt healthy lifestyles. Although these Profiles do not provide an in-depth assessment of all elements of school health education, they enable states and cities to monitor essential aspects of health education and to determine areas needing greater emphasis. For example, in Delaware, Profiles data are being used for program planning and development and to encourage universities to provide appropriate preservice education. In Minnesota and West Virginia, Profiles data are being used to determine what topics are being taught in the classroom and to determine what topics to offer for staff development. In South Carolina, Profiles data are being used to help advocate for requiring a health education course in high schools. In Dallas, Profiles data are being used to determine how schools are coordinating components of the school health program and to ensure that knowledge and skills are being taught in health education.
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TABLE 1. Sample size and response rates, selected U.S. sites -- School Health
Education Profiles, principals' and teachers' surveys, 1996
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Sample Response Sample Response
Site size rate (%) size rate (%)
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STATE SURVEYS
Weighted data
Alabama 371 85 367 84
Arkansas 227 74 215 70
California 852 77 NA * NA
Connecticut 242 89 232 86
Delaware 49 86 47 82
Idaho 147 79 133 71
Iowa 280 81 262 76
Kentucky 224 72 222 71
Louisiana+ 255 71 NA NA
Maine 206 96 204 95
Massachusetts 393 90 383 87
Michigan 322 86 307 82
Minnesota 213 79 228 84
Missouri 249 73 250 74
Montana 289 85 286 84
Nebraska 423 83 388 76
New Hampshire 167 85 151 77
New Mexico 191 77 177 71
North Dakota 173 85 169 83
Ohio 400 87 371 80
Rhode Island 69 75 66 72
South Carolina 285 72 NA NA
South Dakota 214 74 NA NA
Tennessee 312 83 310 83
Utah 232 88 215 82
Washington 274 80 256 75
West Virginia 197 93 196 92
Wyoming 138 85 122 75
Unweighted data
Alaska 174 66 154 59
California NA NA 709 64
Colorado 178 60 153 52
Georgia 238 60 238 60
Indiana 358 51 NA NA
Kansas 333 67 270 54
Louisiana + NA NA 230 64
New Jersey 314 68 304 66
Oregon 291 60 254 53
South Carolina NA NA 258 65
South Dakota NA NA 200 69
LOCAL SURVEYS
Weighted data
Chicago, IL 232 75 224 72
Dallas, TX 46 87 48 91
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 55 100 55 100
Houston. TX 53 74 59 82
Jersey City, NJ 28 93 28 93
Los Angeles, CA 90 75 90 75
Miami, FL 88 96 81 88
Newark, NJ 47 96 46 94
New Orleans, LA 24 100 24 100
Philadelphia, PA 33 79 31 74
San Diego, CA 43 100 43 100
San Francisco, CA 35 88 35 88
Washington, DC 43 88 46 94
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TABLE 2. Percentage of schools that required health education in grades 6-12 and
among those schools, the percentage that taught a separate health education course,
selected U.S. sites -- School Health Education Profiles, principals' surveys, 1996
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Required health Taught a separate health
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STATE SURVEYS
Weighted data
Alabama 94.8 78.1
Arkansas 98.8 95.2
California 89.8 71.0
Connecticut 98.2 85.7
Delaware 100.0 100.0
Idaho 97.7 98.5
Iowa 83.7 88.6
Kentucky 87.0 79.4
Louisiana+ 94.0 76.4
Maine 97.5 87.6
Massachusetts 96.6 93.8
Michigan 86.8 82.9
Minnesota 98.9 95.5
Missouri 84.0 88.6
Montana 97.0 58.4
Nebraska 93.9 75.0
New Hampshire 93.8 95.2
New Mexico 82.9 68.2
North Dakota 95.4 91.8
Ohio 99.5 98.1
Rhode Island 100.0 87.6
South Carolina 93.0 71.4
South Dakota 77.5 66.6
Tennessee 92.3 72.9
Utah 97.7 97.1
Washington 95.3 84.6
West Virginia 98.9 94.8
Wyoming 90.6 65.6
Unweighted data
Alaska 93.6 96.1
Colorado 84.7 86.9
Georgia 99.2 86.8
Indiana 99.4 96.3
Kansas 95.8 67.8
New Jersey 100.0 90.9
Oregon 100.0 88.4
State median 95.4 87.6
LOCAL SURVEYS
Weighted data
Chicago, IL 93.4 58.9
Dallas, TX 86.0 70.2
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 100.0 83.0
Houston, TX 100.0 79.0
Jersey City, NJ 100.0 75.8
Los Angeles, CA 100.0 100.0
Miami, FL 91.9 63.6
Newark, NJ 95.8 84.8
New Orleans, LA 100.0 85.7
Philadelphia, PA 97.0 100.0
San Diego, CA 100.0 19.5
San Francisco, CA 97.1 60.4
Washington, DC 94.8 66.7
Local median 97.1 75.8
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TABLE 3. Percentage of schools that required teachers to use a specific curriculum,
guidelines, or framework in a required health education course, selected U.S. sites --
School Health Education Profiles, teachers' surveys, 1996
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School district School
State curriculum, curriculum, curriculum,
guidelines, guidelines, or guidelines, or Commercial
Site or framework framework framework curriculum
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STATE SURVEYS
Weighted data
Alabama 95.8 50.6 57.0 25.0
Arkansas 84.2 57.6 60.0 25.5
Connecticut 76.6 82.2 80.0 37.8
Delaware 85.4 80.6 62.8 32.7
Idaho 68.4 78.8 61.3 30.5
Iowa 71.5 80.3 85.4 26.2
Kentucky 69.1 63.8 72.7 24.7
Maine 58.6 62.4 62.9 17.6
Massachusetts 60.9 69.2 77.5 32.3
Michigan 72.0 79.5 69.4 29.6
Minnesota 61.7 82.6 73.2 22.4
Missouri 68.1 85.8 84.9 26.2
Montana 54.5 68.6 78.4 30.5
Nebraska 36.1 56.3 76.9 22.9
New Hampshire 54.7 66.2 75.9 27.7
New Mexico 84.9 87.5 73.3 35.8
North Dakota 41.7 42.4 60.9 28.8
Ohio 76.0 95.7 81.9 25.1
Rhode Island 91.3 83.7 80.5 31.8
Tennessee 93.9 58.2 53.8 32.6
Utah 95.6 78.5 50.5 33.2
Washington 67.6 80.2 61.5 31.9
West Virginia 97.0 81.5 75.4 42.9
Wyoming 43.3 90.8 74.8 31.2
Unweighted data
Alaska 41.1 89.6 47.6 28.1
California 84.0 86.1 64.2 37.1
Colorado 41.0 86.1 75.2 35.8
Georgia 97.5 86.0 78.3 38.5
Kansas 61.3 86.2 76.6 31.1
Louisiana* 91.1 68.1 47.2 27.5
New Jersey 89.0 97.6 87.2 36.3
Oregon 90.8 92.0 74.0 35.4
South Carolina 80.3 87.9 62.4 34.0
South Dakota 49.3 68.1 75.2 42.8
State median 71.8 80.5 73.7 31.2
LOCAL SURVEYS
Weighted data
Chicago, IL 87.8 75.1 77.6 43.1
Dallas, TX 84.6 92.6 66.1 36.3
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 85.5 98.1 66.0 28.3
Houston, TX 90.9 100.0 62.8 37.7
Jersey City, NJ 89.0 100.0 73.0 28.4
Los Angeles, CA 96.9 95.5 75.0 25.6
Miami, FL 95.0 98.4 62.7 33.2
Newark, NJ 89.1 100.0 76.0 40.0
New Orleans, LA 95.7 86.4 90.9 55.0
Philadelphia, PA 75.0 100.0 62.1 25.9
San Diego, CA 72.1 97.7 21.4 76.2
San Francisco, CA 78.1 86.7 42.3 14.9
Washington, DC 71.0 82.9 76.1 46.9
Local median 87.8 97.7 66.1 36.3
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TABLE 4. Percentage of schools that tried to increase student knowledge on specific topics in a required health education
course in any of grades 6-12, selected U.S. sites -- School Health Education Profiles, teachers' surveys, 1996
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Alcohol
and other Dietary Physical
Tobacco-use drug-use behaviors activity and Pregnancy HIV * Other STD + Violence Suicide
Site prevention prevention and nutrition fitness prevention prevention prevention prevention prevention
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STATE SURVEYS
Weighted data
Alabama 97.8 99.7 96.9 98.0 74.3 94.0 92.3 83.4 71.2
Arkansas 96.1 99.6 95.7 96.9 78.4 94.0 92.3 79.1 81.7
Connecticut 98.5 98.5 93.8 87.5 85.3 97.0 93.8 88.5 82.9
Delaware 100.0 100.0 93.8 96.4 93.0 100.0 100.0 95.5 84.6
Idaho 99.2 99.2 95.9 96.9 65.3 92.1 86.8 90.9 79.1
Iowa 97.3 99.5 96.6 94.0 85.6 98.1 94.5 84.2 73.8
Kentucky 93.5 98.0 90.4 94.1 78.5 89.1 83.8 83.6 64.0
Maine 97.9 100.0 95.9 94.4 87.1 97.8 94.2 81.3 65.4
Massachusetts 98.4 99.1 95.8 90.1 83.4 98.6 93.2 94.3 69.3
Michigan 95.9 99.3 93.9 92.6 76.3 96.2 91.7 81.5 57.4
Minnesota 99.6 99.4 98.5 95.9 94.8 99.0 97.7 90.1 83.8
Missouri 96.6 99.5 98.1 97.8 84.5 93.8 93.9 84.7 75.0
Montana 95.4 98.2 92.8 96.8 70.9 94.8 87.1 77.1 58.8
Nebraska 97.0 98.7 92.9 94.6 73.6 92.5 87.3 76.8 67.4
New Hampshire 97.7 100.0 97.0 91.6 84.1 98.4 95.7 89.9 74.2
New Mexico 92.5 97.6 91.9 91.1 88.9 99.0 96.3 83.4 66.7
North Dakota 98.8 100.0 93.9 93.5 71.2 93.4 90.4 79.6 79.7
Ohio 98.0 99.1 93.0 92.6 90.7 98.4 95.8 85.2 81.0
Rhode Island 95.2 100.0 95.7 92.6 89.8 100.0 93.0 95.0 81.3
Tennessee 97.9 98.9 97.7 98.3 85.1 98.4 94.4 80.1 64.0
Utah 97.1 98.5 97.5 95.1 75.2 95.1 92.7 87.2 85.3
Washington 92.6 98.8 92.2 92.5 88.4 98.0 95.1 84.6 68.9
West Virginia 98.4 99.5 93.8 97.5 88.2 98.6 96.7 86.1 82.0
Wyoming 93.7 99.2 98.3 97.5 74.9 94.8 91.6 86.4 54.6
Unweighted data
Alaska 94.1 96.3 90.2 89.6 79.1 90.4 85.9 85.9 69.4
California 98.1 98.4 92.5 90.2 86.9 97.2 93.7 86.5 63.4
Colorado 94.4 99.2 91.9 92.7 84.6 94.4 92.7 89.5 61.0
Georgia 97.5 98.7 97.5 93.7 88.1 96.6 95.3 89.5 82.2
Kansas 97.2 99.2 93.7 97.6 89.3 99.6 96.4 80.0 60.4
Louisiana& 95.8 97.7 89.3 96.3 47.4 75.8 65.2 85.8 66.2
New Jersey 99.3 100.0 94.5 96.9 90.5 99.7 98.0 94.2 80.8
Oregon 98.4 99.6 96.4 96.4 87.1 99.6 95.2 90.0 73.7
South Carolina 93.6 96.8 94.0 94.0 89.8 97.2 96.3 82.7 57.8
South Dakota 95.7 98.6 97.1 97.1 82.6 99.3 93.5 90.6 76.1
State median 97.3 99.2 94.3 94.5 84.9 97.2 93.8 85.9 72.5
LOCAL SURVEYS
Weighted data
Chicago, IL 89.3 97.7 93.9 98.4 74.4 89.8 85.2 92.0 39.7
Dallas, TX 95.2 97.4 92.6 95.2 76.7 89.9 89.4 92.6 61.3
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 96.4 100.0 98.2 96.4 85.5 96.4 94.5 90.9 74.5
Houston, TX 93.1 96.6 94.9 94.7 86.6 96.6 96.4 98.3 75.6
Jersey City, NJ 96.4 100.0 92.8 96.4 92.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 89.1
Los Angeles, CA 95.3 100.0 99.0 91.5 96.1 100.0 98.9 87.0 75.6
Miami, FL 96.6 98.4 98.4 90.3 91.7 98.4 96.6 94.8 81.4
Newark, NJ 97.4 100.0 97.4 97.1 97.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 84.2
New Orleans, LA 95.7 100.0 95.5 100.0 95.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 77.3
Philadelphia, PA 93.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 96.7 100.0 100.0 93.3 60.7
San Diego, CA 95.2 100.0 86.0 86.0 95.3 100.0 100.0 93.0 61.9
San Francisco, CA 100.0 100.0 100.0 96.9 89.9 100.0 96.8 93.3 83.1
Washington, DC 92.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 97.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 69.8
Local median 95.3 100.0 97.4 96.4 92.5 100.0 98.9 93.3 75.6
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* Human immunodeficiency virus.
+ Sexually transmitted disease.
& Survey did not include schools from the Orleans Parish School Board.
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TABLE 5. Percentage of schools that tried to improve specific student skills in a required health education course in any
of grades 6-12, selected U.S. sites -- School Health Education Profiles, teachers' surveys, 1996
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Nonviolent Analysis
Decision Goal Resisting conflict Stress of media
Site Communication making setting social pressures resolution management messages
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STATE SURVEYS
Weighted data
Alabama 84.2 93.3 89.1 91.0 80.9 79.5 58.4
Arkansas 86.8 95.3 90.3 96.7 76.9 91.5 57.9
Connecticut 91.9 97.2 89.2 96.6 83.5 87.4 89.4
Delaware 97.3 98.2 93.0 100.0 83.4 89.4 78.2
Idaho 90.8 96.8 89.7 97.8 81.1 89.8 77.9
Iowa 86.4 97.2 89.7 96.5 78.1 89.7 74.5
Kentucky 86.3 92.2 88.8 91.7 78.7 81.8 71.0
Maine 91.3 94.8 88.6 92.3 72.0 85.5 83.3
Massachusetts 91.8 98.6 88.4 97.5 89.5 79.6 88.3
Michigan 90.5 94.3 90.3 97.1 81.3 86.3 80.3
Minnesota 90.8 98.8 90.4 97.7 82.6 88.5 74.7
Missouri 87.2 97.5 89.1 97.0 78.6 88.0 74.6
Montana 87.1 91.1 86.0 95.6 77.0 80.1 62.6
Nebraska 85.7 94.3 86.7 94.4 74.6 79.6 71.3
New Hampshire 91.8 97.0 86.9 94.3 82.8 82.9 83.7
New Mexico 87.6 93.4 89.9 95.7 77.7 78.0 70.6
North Dakota 90.2 98.8 92.1 94.4 77.4 89.2 67.8
Ohio 88.7 95.8 91.4 97.5 79.9 88.3 75.0
Rhode Island 93.3 96.7 81.1 96.7 90.2 82.5 80.1
Tennessee 91.3 96.6 88.7 94.9 81.9 83.5 62.6
Utah 92.7 95.6 94.2 96.6 82.6 94.7 76.6
Washington 90.6 93.0 85.4 94.6 80.0 83.6 79.4
West Virginia 94.9 97.3 97.3 95.8 88.0 91.6 77.5
Wyoming 85.1 95.2 90.1 93.6 80.6 78.1 75.5
Unweighted data
Alaska 90.2 93.3 85.8 94.0 82.8 81.3 73.9
California 87.6 94.3 86.4 93.7 81.7 67.8 78.5
Colorado 89.2 95.8 92.5 99.2 81.7 86.0 73.3
Georgia 91.1 97.5 94.9 96.2 84.8 94.9 80.9
Kansas 87.3 97.2 90.5 97.2 77.7 85.8 65.7
Louisiana* 87.7 92.4 88.3 95.8 85.3 81.0 67.0
New Jersey 95.2 99.7 95.9 99.3 92.5 88.0 86.0
Oregon 94.0 98.0 92.9 98.8 83.4 89.2 80.9
South Carolina 90.2 96.3 94.0 98.2 78.5 79.3 70.8
South Dakota 88.5 97.1 90.6 95.7 83.5 82.0 69.8
State median 90.2 96.5 89.8 96.4 81.5 85.7 74.9
LOCAL SURVEYS
Weighted data
Chicago, IL 90.4 95.7 94.4 94.4 89.8 74.5 63.7
Dallas, TX 92.1 97.4 83.0 94.7 85.7 82.5 52.7
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 94.5 98.2 98.2 96.4 92.7 96.4 83.6
Houston, TX 94.7 100.0 100.0 98.2 100.0 93.2 65.7
Jersey City, NJ 96.4 96.4 96.4 100.0 100.0 85.8 85.8
Los Angeles, CA 92.3 95.8 89.0 97.9 83.4 79.8 87.6
Miami, FL 95.2 96.7 91.7 95.2 88.3 80.1 83.0
Newark, NJ 95.2 100.0 97.4 100.0 100.0 78.3 64.0
New Orleans, LA 100.0 100.0 100.0 91.3 95.7 86.4 59.1
Philadelphia, PA 92.9 100.0 96.7 100.0 90.0 76.7 75.0
San Diego, CA 88.4 93.0 79.1 93.0 83.7 53.5 69.8
San Francisco, CA 93.8 96.9 90.7 100.0 83.5 78.9 74.3
Washington, DC 90.1 97.5 92.6 90.8 92.7 85.4 63.0
Local median 93.8 97.4 94.4 96.4 90.0 80.1 69.8
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TABLE 6. Percentage of schools that had a specific person responsible for coordinating health education within the school,
selected U.S. sites -- School Health Education Profiles, principals' surveys, 1996 -- Continued
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School district School Health School Outside No
Site administrator* administrator+ education teacher nurse consultant coordinator
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STATE SURVEYS
Weighted data &
Alabama 16.9 34.6 34.5 0.5 0.3 13.2
Arkansas 15.4 39.2 32.3 3.0 0 10.2
California 22.2 36.4 24.0 4.1 0.7 12.5
Connecticut 38.6 29.4 26.0 0.4 0.9 4.7
Delaware 21.1 35.8 40.6 0 0 2.5
Idaho 21.5 19.6 51.4 0 0 7.4
Iowa 31.2 23.9 32.2 2.7 0.5 9.5
Kentucky 10.9 35.2 37.0 1.3 0 15.6
Louisiana@ 20.3 34.1 37.4 0 0 8.2
Maine 11.9 19.5 52.6 2.5 0 13.5
Massachusetts 59.5 22.1 13.7 0.5 0.3 3.9
Michigan 29.3 28.5 29.0 1.9 0 11.3
Minnesota 17.3 27.5 47.8 0 0 7.5
Missouri 20.0 30.3 34.2 5.1 0 10.4
Montana 15.6 17.7 54.2 1.1 0 11.3
Nebraska 14.9 33.8 32.9 1.3 0 17.2
New Hampshire 7.6 30.7 35.8 10.6 0 15.3
New Mexico 15.6 29.5 29.2 11.2 0 14.7
North Dakota 14.2 28.1 50.5 0 0 7.2
Ohio 29.2 29.7 29.0 0.5 0.6 11.0
Rhode Island 29.4 44.8 19.1 3.6 0 3.1
South Carolina 24.6 36.4 29.2 1.3 0 8.6
South Dakota 18.2 25.2 37.3 1.5 0 17.8
Tennessee 20.5 36.6 27.9 1.1 0 13.8
Utah 17.3 33.0 45.4 0 0 4.2
Washington 18.1 25.1 36.2 4.9 0.6 15.1
West Virginia 16.0 30.6 44.1 0.5 0 8.8
Wyoming 26.4 21.8 30.5 5.3 0 16.0
Unweighted data &
Alaska 27.3 33.1 23.4 1.9 0.6 13.6
Colorado 17.5 26.3 42.3 0.7 0 13.1
Georgia 26.2 44.6 22.7 0 0 6.4
Indiana 15.3 49.5 27.9 0 0 7.2
Kansas 24.3 23.7 33.0 4.0 0 15.0
New Jersey 32.0 41.8 13.7 6.2 0 6.2
Oregon 20.3 30.2 42.0 0 0 7.5
State median 20.3 30.3 33.0 1.3 0 10.4
LOCAL SURVEYS
Weighted data &
Chicago, IL 2.0 45.2 26.4 1.0 1.0 24.4
Dallas, TX 29.8 35.6 26.8 0 0 7.8
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 20.0 49.1 27.3 0 0 3.6
Houston, TX 10.9 54.2 30.6 2.4 0 2.0
Jersey City, NJ 44.8 21.4 0 7.5 0 26.3
Los Angeles, CA 5.8 63.3 25.2 0 0 5.7
Miami, FL 17.1 56.6 22.4 0 0 3.9
Newark, NJ 12.6 52.6 2.6 2.5 0 29.7
New Orleans, LA 14.3 47.6 38.1 0 0 0
Philadelphia, PA 20.0 33.3 40.0 0 0 6.7
San Diego, CA 35.7 19.0 4.8 23.8 0 16.7
San Francisco, CA 22.8 19.4 51.4 0 0 6.4
Washington, DC 10.6 28.9 54.7 0 2.9 2.9
Local median 17.1 45.2 26.8 0 0 6.4
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* District health education coordinator, district general curriculum coordinator, superintendent, or other district administrator.
+ Principal, department chair, or school curriculum coordinator.
& Percentages for each row might not add up to 100.0 because of rounding.
@ Survey did not include schools from the Orleans Parish School Board.
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TABLE 7. Percentage of lead health education teachers who had a specific type of professional preparation, selected U.S.
sites -- School Health Education Profiles, teachers' surveys, 1996
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Science, home
economics, family
and consumer
education, or
Health and Health education Physical education elementary Nursing
Site physical education only only education or counseling Other
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STATE SURVEYS
Weighted data*
Alabama 51.7 1.1 25.0 15.7 0.6 5.8
Arkansas 59.4 2.3 30.7 4.7 1.5 1.4
Connecticut 37.8 18.2 17.2 19.4 6.5 1.0
Delaware 75.2 4.7 13.4 0 4.7 2.0
Idaho 41.3 2.1 31.8 16.2 1.8 6.9
Iowa 21.9 2.5 25.6 43.7 2.9 3.3
Kentucky 48.8 8.5 12.0 24.2 3.6 2.9
Maine 38.0 13.2 13.0 25.2 9.6 1.0
Massachusetts 40.7 24.2 11.4 14.6 4.3 4.8
Michigan 27.0 10.4 18.1 35.6 2.1 6.8
Minnesota 74.9 8.7 8.7 4.5 1.4 1.8
Missouri 39.7 1.9 31.1 21.5 2.4 3.3
Montana 48.8 0.8 21.8 13.2 5.7 9.7
Nebraska 27.7 1.7 25.1 36.7 3.0 5.9
New Hampshire 19.0 7.9 21.1 25.9 21.5 4.6
New Mexico 29.7 10.0 21.7 14.6 17.8 6.2
North Dakota 29.5 1.9 18.4 38.0 2.5 9.8
Ohio 64.8 7.3 10.7 14.2 1.3 1.7
Rhode Island 49.3 16.2 19.3 1.5 13.7 0
Tennessee 49.1 2.4 8.8 29.1 5.6 5.1
Utah 36.4 14.1 21.6 17.5 0.6 9.9
Washington 22.6 5.5 19.7 34.4 9.1 8.6
West Virginia 75.7 4.2 9.3 8.5 0 2.2
Wyoming 36.9 0 18.9 29.1 11.3 3.9
Unweighted data*
Alaska 15.6 0 9.0 45.9 5.7 23.8
California 17.1 5.9 15.5 38.9 10.5 12.2
Colorado 26.1 3.5 27.0 27.0 3.5 13.0
Georgia 59.9 4.3 12.1 10.3 3.9 9.5
Kansas 42.7 0.4 29.5 14.5 8.7 4.1
Louisiana+ 77.5 1.0 13.4 4.8 0.5 2.9
New Jersey 61.2 9.1 6.2 8.3 13.0 2.2
Oregon 47.3 15.1 12.1 19.7 1.3 4.6
South Carolina 40.7 4.7 22.9 24.8 5.1 1.9
South Dakota 49.6 1.6 7.2 24.8 5.6 11.2
State median 41.0 4.5 18.3 19.6 4.1 4.6
LOCAL SURVEYS
Weighted data*
Chicago, IL 23.9 0 19.2 38.2 14.2 4.4
Dallas, TX 21.9 19.7 12.2 41.4 2.6 2.1
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 44.0 6.0 10.0 32.0 6.0 2.0
Houston, TX 64.6 5.6 26.0 1.9 1.9 0
Jersey City, NJ 25.8 0 3.9 43.0 19.5 7.8
Los Angeles, CA 16.2 24.2 13.2 39.4 3.5 3.5
Miami, FL 22.4 17.0 5.1 36.4 10.4 8.6
Newark, NJ 43.2 2.9 2.9 21.9 12.9 16.2
New Orleans, LA 100.0 0 0 0 0 0
Philadelphia, PA 96.7 0 3.3 0 0 0
San Diego, CA 0 13.3 3.3 53.3 23.3 6.7
San Francisco, CA 20.9 9.9 11.0 36.7 0 21.4
Washington, DC 87.0 0 5.2 5.2 0 2.6
Local median 25.8 5.6 5.2 36.4 3.5 3.5
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+ Survey did not include schools from the Orleans Parish School Board.
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TABLE 8. Percentage of lead health education teachers who had attended >=4 hours of in-service training in the previous
2 years on specific health education topics, selected U.S. sites -- School Health Education Profiles, teachers'
surveys, 1996
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Alcohol Dietary
and other behaviors Physical
Tobacco-use drug-use and activity and Pregnancy HIV * Other STD + Violence Suicide
Site prevention prevention nutrition fitness prevention prevention prevention prevention prevention
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STATE SURVEYS
Weighted data
Alabama 21.3 34.3 22.1 35.1 14.0 36.4 26.6 31.7 15.2
Arkansas 16.9 37.8 22.3 37.7 14.9 51.0 34.0 32.6 22.8
Connecticut 20.2 48.2 29.2 31.8 29.1 57.5 38.4 60.3 22.6
Delaware 23.5 63.7 36.5 33.4 36.9 58.6 36.9 66.5 19.0
Idaho 41.0 64.3 39.3 46.6 18.1 51.5 37.9 52.3 28.8
Iowa 17.0 36.1 26.5 30.1 20.7 49.3 35.9 35.6 12.0
Kentucky 21.2 34.9 21.3 29.6 21.9 45.6 30.7 39.0 13.4
Maine 18.2 42.0 27.4 27.6 21.2 58.5 36.5 39.1 10.9
Massachusetts 57.6 56.2 45.9 37.9 35.7 60.6 43.5 75.1 23.5
Michigan 22.9 41.5 28.5 27.4 32.3 62.5 48.9 40.9 9.2
Minnesota 19.8 38.0 27.1 34.7 20.6 43.9 29.3 53.9 14.7
Missouri 22.3 41.4 22.1 29.2 10.0 33.7 24.1 35.7 11.2
Montana 23.6 37.0 27.3 44.7 11.1 52.2 30.3 31.8 17.3
Nebraska 20.8 36.8 28.6 30.1 12.2 35.0 27.6 29.2 13.0
New Hampshire 39.8 55.5 50.1 45.5 25.1 61.5 39.6 61.0 29.9
New Mexico 28.3 44.5 16.3 28.4 30.1 61.1 38.0 42.2 18.8
North Dakota 29.0 45.3 39.3 32.8 14.4 50.9 37.0 40.0 20.5
Ohio 17.0 37.6 20.3 27.9 17.5 41.7 26.4 36.2 9.9
Rhode Island 19.6 35.6 24.2 19.7 19.4 29.2 26.2 59.8 27.8
Tennessee 24.6 41.0 34.4 38.3 21.7 53.7 34.4 41.4 16.0
Utah 39.4 55.1 35.3 31.6 35.4 76.1 56.4 46.5 25.1
Washington 16.4 38.8 27.3 32.0 19.9 54.8 32.9 39.3 10.2
West Virginia 38.4 48.3 34.3 46.2 20.4 56.2 40.6 50.7 10.2
Wyoming 11.7 33.8 33.9 34.2 24.3 47.2 30.8 34.4 14.4
Unweighted data
Alaska 19.4 38.8 16.4 24.8 15.7 42.5 27.8 36.6 15.7
California 40.2 47.7 25.0 28.6 27.3 60.1 41.9 45.9 17.8
Colorado 21.0 31.1 26.7 30.8 24.2 33.9 23.5 49.6 10.1
Georgia 23.7 44.5 26.1 37.3 25.0 53.4 42.6 46.4 15.4
Kansas 20.0 32.0 23.0 36.3 15.8 36.7 26.7 35.3 9.3
Louisiana& 36.8 55.4 27.8 40.8 17.6 42.2 31.9 50.2 21.5
New Jersey 21.3 52.6 17.6 29.2 29.1 56.1 39.0 48.5 18.6
Oregon 15.9 39.3 19.6 23.1 23.9 47.8 30.4 43.4 14.3
South Carolina 20.9 29.0 22.7 35.2 24.9 51.2 33.6 43.4 9.4
South Dakota 20.9 39.5 23.1 29.5 9.3 56.1 30.8 32.3 20.0
State median 21.3 40.3 26.9 31.9 21.0 51.4 33.8 41.8 15.6
LOCAL SURVEYS
Weighted data
Chicago, IL 27.6 43.1 22.6 33.2 29.9 48.4 38.8 52.6 10.5
Dallas, TX 36.2 56.4 46.0 40.3 40.3 66.2 64.1 72.2 41.7
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 44.4 67.3 45.5 34.5 45.5 80.0 69.1 49.1 23.6
Houston, TX 47.9 63.3 40.3 83.9 44.2 91.2 78.1 77.1 38.0
Jersey City, NJ 37.3 70.2 40.5 36.7 29.5 77.7 52.0 66.8 48.3
Los Angeles, CA 40.8 30.9 20.5 13.6 21.3 76.1 61.6 32.9 21.1
Miami, FL 21.2 29.7 28.2 22.9 35.6 67.0 47.3 49.3 18.2
Newark, NJ 51.4 58.5 25.7 35.8 50.3 68.2 60.4 74.5 42.6
New Orleans, LA 45.8 75.0 45.8 66.7 54.2 95.8 91.7 83.3 50.0
Philadelphia, PA 3.3 43.3 13.3 50.0 43.3 60.0 56.7 60.0 13.3
San Diego, CA 100.0 100.0 11.6 11.6 69.8 97.7 81.4 93.0 46.5
San Francisco, CA 33.6 38.1 33.6 30.9 23.1 49.3 45.7 43.6 26.2
Washington, DC 46.5 60.2 48.0 56.4 51.1 87.5 60.6 72.8 22.5
Local median 40.8 58.5 33.6 35.8 43.3 76.1 60.6 66.8 26.2
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* Human immunodeficiency virus.
+ Sexually transmitted disease.
& Survey did not include schools from the Orleans Parish School Board.
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TABLE 9. Percentage of lead health education teachers who wanted in-service training on specific health education topics,
selected U.S. sites -- School Health Education Profiles, teachers' surveys, 1996
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Alcohol Dietary
and other behaviors Physical
Tobacco-use drug-use and activity and Pregnancy HIV * Other STD + Violence Suicide
Site prevention prevention nutrition fitness prevention prevention prevention prevention prevention
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STATE SURVEYS
Weighted data
Alabama 49.3 63.8 46.6 43.3 54.0 71.1 62.4 69.4 68.0
Arkansas 52.5 58.8 47.7 48.1 53.5 74.6 62.2 59.2 71.0
Connecticut 42.7 44.2 47.2 30.6 45.3 48.6 48.4 56.5 65.7
Delaware 35.8 51.3 51.9 45.1 50.1 62.9 49.9 68.9 69.7
Idaho 56.0 60.5 53.9 41.1 47.8 68.8 57.3 73.3 78.5
Iowa 41.8 44.0 39.5 36.9 41.1 49.6 44.5 55.6 63.8
Kentucky 48.9 58.0 42.6 44.7 52.9 60.9 54.7 64.0 72.5
Maine 51.2 52.4 37.3 31.6 45.8 45.0 47.5 62.5 74.2
Massachusetts 44.3 57.0 52.4 39.3 51.7 49.0 56.6 62.2 77.4
Michigan 42.9 51.6 45.7 37.3 37.7 41.4 41.2 54.6 61.4
Minnesota 44.5 53.1 42.0 38.1 46.6 50.2 55.8 51.4 64.1
Missouri 43.6 53.9 43.7 36.0 45.6 66.9 55.4 55.8 61.8
Montana 47.1 48.2 51.5 46.6 42.6 58.1 55.7 68.2 66.5
Nebraska 43.4 48.9 38.8 35.5 37.4 55.2 50.4 60.3 63.6
New Hampshire 48.6 46.6 49.2 42.7 39.5 48.3 58.3 65.2 73.3
New Mexico 50.3 68.7 46.1 38.1 53.3 58.0 60.1 68.2 72.7
North Dakota 43.9 50.0 43.5 39.2 36.0 52.3 53.6 59.2 64.7
Ohio 45.0 53.5 44.4 33.9 48.4 59.4 54.6 59.3 64.0
Rhode Island 44.6 43.4 44.0 37.7 51.3 49.7 55.8 58.9 55.8
Tennessee 53.8 56.3 48.1 49.0 51.6 63.7 58.4 69.6 71.5
Utah 45.0 45.8 49.6 38.5 49.8 51.3 46.7 72.0 70.6
Washington 52.5 59.3 49.0 34.8 41.7 44.5 49.1 69.5 66.6
West Virginia 59.6 59.3 55.5 54.7 62.8 66.6 67.5 63.1 75.2
Wyoming 44.7 51.8 50.3 38.6 40.0 44.7 53.1 59.9 62.0
Unweighted data
Alaska 43.8 49.2 36.2 38.8 39.7 51.5 44.6 66.2 63.8
California 45.3 54.5 48.2 37.3 47.0 51.4 55.2 65.8 65.5
Colorado 48.3 55.2 47.5 36.7 43.2 49.6 52.1 63.6 72.0
Georgia 46.6 53.4 43.1 34.6 50.9 57.6 55.9 61.4 62.2
Kansas 49.0 58.6 52.3 43.8 48.4 58.7 55.6 58.8 64.3
Louisiana& 51.2 57.3 58.3 52.8 42.9 66.2 57.4 60.0 69.9
New Jersey 49.5 58.3 47.5 35.3 48.3 57.9 52.8 68.2 74.7
Oregon 38.8 46.6 44.4 31.2 47.7 48.6 44.6 61.7 68.5
South Carolina 43.1 55.9 55.1 48.3 44.1 58.0 54.1 61.8 70.7
South Dakota 48.8 50.0 46.2 43.5 52.7 52.3 55.4 66.7 73.1
State median 46.0 53.5 47.4 38.6 47.4 53.8 55.0 62.4 68.3
LOCAL SURVEYS
Weighted data
Chicago, IL 40.3 56.0 54.9 45.8 43.3 56.1 52.2 64.0 69.9
Dallas, TX 53.2 64.9 53.2 51.6 50.6 45.8 46.3 59.6 59.0
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 43.6 54.5 54.5 34.5 43.6 43.6 52.7 67.3 70.9
Houston, TX 56.4 62.1 55.5 54.2 59.4 63.8 62.0 60.2 85.0
Jersey City, NJ 47.1 48.9 54.1 59.5 56.8 43.2 39.9 81.9 78.3
Los Angeles, CA 36.3 56.9 51.1 26.6 41.3 35.9 45.4 67.9 59.9
Miami, FL 44.2 62.9 56.2 30.9 40.0 43.6 48.6 58.7 65.2
Newark, NJ 63.4 72.6 55.2 37.5 46.8 63.3 60.5 74.2 80.5
New Orleans, LA 55.0 65.0 73.7 47.4 81.8 63.6 73.7 80.0 85.7
Philadelphia, PA 55.2 60.0 46.7 63.3 73.3 83.3 66.7 80.0 83.3
San Diego, CA 55.8 69.8 23.3 30.2 46.5 58.1 57.1 81.4 53.5
San Francisco, CA 44.0 65.4 67.4 44.3 30.4 28.0 39.8 67.9 67.4
Washington, DC 46.7 52.6 56.4 52.5 60.8 61.3 62.6 68.7 81.3
Local median 47.1 62.1 54.9 45.8 46.8 56.1 52.7 67.9 70.9
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* Human immunodeficiency virus.
+ Sexually transmitted disease.
& Survey did not include schools from the Orleans Parish School Board.
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TABLE 10. Percentage of schools that received parental feedback on health education
and among those schools, the percentage that received each specific type of feedback,
selected U.S. sites -- School Health Education Profiles, principals' surveys, 1996
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Type of parental feedback received *
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Received parental Equally positive
Site feedback Mainly positive Mainly negative and negative
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STATE SURVEYS
Weighted data +
Alabama 37.4 83.9 1.4 14.8
Arkansas 46.6 84.4 0 15.6
California 56.9 90.3 1.9 7.9
Connecticut 63.9 89.1 2.0 8.9
Delaware 70.7 83.1 0 16.9
Idaho 62.4 88.9 2.8 8.3
Iowa 54.0 85.3 3.9 10.8
Kentucky 48.2 87.4 2.2 10.4
Louisiana& 37.6 81.5 1.0 17.5
Maine 62.2 84.7 1.6 13.7
Massachusetts 67.1 89.4 1.1 9.4
Michigan 59.0 88.9 1.8 9.2
Minnesota 64.0 88.0 3.0 9.1
Missouri 49.5 90.3 0 9.7
Montana 53.6 82.1 1.9 16.0
Nebraska 44.9 86.8 1.0 12.2
New Hampshire 66.5 87.4 0.9 11.7
New Mexico 64.5 78.7 3.0 18.3
North Dakota 52.3 92.0 0 8.0
Ohio 52.6 86.1 1.6 12.2
Rhode Island 61.0 86.2 2.0 11.7
South Carolina 48.1 85.2 1.8 13.0
South Dakota 44.6 85.1 3.9 11.1
Tennessee 60.9 80.7 1.7 17.5
Utah 64.3 96.0 0 4.0
Washington 61.0 80.5 1.9 17.6
West Virginia 59.1 88.1 0.9 11.0
Wyoming 59.7 80.9 1.2 18.0
Unweighted data+
Alaska 54.0 78.4 1.1 20.5
Colorado 65.1 84.2 3.2 12.6
Georgia 59.3 87.1 0 12.9
Indiana 57.9 90.7 2.4 6.8
Kansas 53.3 83.9 2.4 13.7
New Jersey 62.5 88.7 0 11.3
Oregon 60.3 84.0 2.9 13.1
State median 59.1 86.1 1.7 12.2
LOCAL SURVEYS
Weighted data +
Chicago, IL 49.7 81.2 2.9 15.9
Dallas, TX 35.3 92.3 0 7.7
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 56.4 93.5 0 6.5
Houston, TX 44.1 95.1 0 4.9
Jersey City, NJ 42.9 83.1 0 16.9
Los Angeles, CA 61.7 89.1 1.8 9.1
Miami, FL 51.3 92.5 0 7.5
Newark, NJ 55.5 83.9 0 16.1
New Orleans, LA 54.2 100.0 0 0.0
Philadelphia, PA 35.5 81.8 9.1 9.1
San Diego, CA 67.4 93.1 0 6.9
San Francisco, CA 68.8 90.9 4.6 4.5
Washington, DC 54.8 95.9 0 4.1
Local median 54.2 92.3 0 7.5
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* Among those schools that received feedback.
+ Percentages for each row might not add up to 100.0 because of rounding.
& Survey did not include schools from the Orleans Parish School Board.
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TABLE 11. Percentage of schools that involved parents in required health education
courses, selected U.S. sites -- School Health Education Profiles, teachers' surveys,
1996
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Sent parents Sent parents Invited parents to
health-related newsletters on attend health Offered health
educational health-related education classes programs for
Site materials topics or health fairs parents
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STATE SURVEYS
Weighted data
Alabama 40.7 33.2 31.6 19.4
Arkansas 33.3 21.6 25.9 17.1
Connecticut 48.5 45.5 45.1 39.2
Delaware 53.4 41.4 53.9 20.2
Idaho 44.2 37.1 45.8 23.5
Iowa 45.2 48.8 33.9 21.2
Kentucky 42.7 35.0 39.7 25.0
Maine 51.5 42.5 39.2 27.8
Massachusetts 57.9 58.4 47.9 49.1
Michigan 49.3 50.3 41.2 30.0
Minnesota 55.4 45.2 40.6 27.8
Missouri 48.8 37.7 33.4 26.2
Montana 38.2 40.0 33.9 21.4
Nebraska 48.4 42.7 36.8 21.3
New Hampshire 54.9 51.9 44.7 36.1
New Mexico 55.3 50.4 67.2 27.1
North Dakota 40.6 35.4 33.1 28.3
Ohio 48.3 36.6 42.6 20.9
Rhode Island 48.7 42.1 48.1 33.8
Tennessee 54.9 43.6 38.5 22.0
Utah 68.7 38.6 43.0 27.6
Washington 55.4 44.6 47.3 26.8
West Virginia 57.7 52.9 50.3 28.0
Wyoming 52.9 44.0 47.3 18.4
Unweighted data
Alaska 55.6 43.9 55.6 25.0
California 58.7 51.5 45.5 36.7
Colorado 48.8 53.7 46.7 22.0
Georgia 62.0 51.7 56.4 28.9
Kansas 48.6 42.1 36.1 19.4
Louisiana* 43.8 36.7 28.4 16.7
New Jersey 58.3 48.6 52.1 38.9
Oregon 53.2 53.4 46.2 22.9
South Carolina 56.9 52.2 50.0 23.1
South Dakota 46.3 33.3 40.3 27.5
State median 50.4 43.8 43.9 25.6
LOCAL SURVEYS
Weighted data
Chicago, IL 61.9 58.0 44.0 39.1
Dallas, TX 63.9 54.9 49.0 37.3
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 58.2 57.4 54.5 20.4
Houston, TX 68.4 61.8 74.9 40.3
Jersey City, NJ 73.4 67.1 52.2 38.9
Los Angeles, CA 80.2 58.1 66.6 40.1
Miami, FL 72.4 64.0 51.4 35.6
Newark, NJ 78.2 76.2 79.3 65.1
New Orleans, LA 69.6 61.9 69.6 34.8
Philadelphia, PA 67.9 69.0 65.5 37.9
San Diego, CA 62.8 79.1 53.5 55.8
San Francisco, CA 82.8 82.8 79.0 76.2
Washington, DC 68.4 48.6 80.8 52.4
Local median 68.4 61.9 65.5 39.1
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* Survey did not include schools from the Orleans Parish School Board.
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TABLE 12. Percentage of schools that required human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) education be taught as part of a required
health education course and among those schools, the percentage of schools that taught specific topics, selected U.S. sites --
School Health Education Profiles, teachers' surveys, 1996
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HIV education topic taught*
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Taught How HIV is and Reasons for choosing Correct use of
Site HIV education is not transmitted sexual abstinence Condom efficiency condoms
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STATE SURVEYS
Weighted data
Alabama 88.2 98.9 96.9 61.7 33.4
Arkansas 81.4 100.0 95.1 77.0 33.4
Connecticut 98.5 98.5 97.1 78.4 58.4
Delaware 95.6 100.0 100.0 84.6 65.4
Idaho 86.9 98.8 90.9 63.4 24.6
Iowa 95.0 99.4 95.9 83.7 54.7
Kentucky 80.3 99.2 95.4 68.4 40.7
Maine 96.8 99.4 97.1 84.5 62.3
Massachusetts 96.6 99.4 96.7 75.7 53.4
Michigan 96.3 98.4 97.1 78.1 47.3
Minnesota 99.0 99.4 99.1 80.5 50.1
Missouri 88.8 100.0 96.2 75.5 41.5
Montana 89.8 98.6 93.7 68.8 39.7
Nebraska 83.7 98.3 94.4 66.3 36.4
New Hampshire 92.7 100.0 100.0 86.1 64.2
New Mexico 97.7 99.1 97.7 75.4 45.2
North Dakota 87.2 100.0 97.9 61.6 29.7
Ohio 94.8 99.7 97.0 79.0 53.8
Rhode Island 100.0 100.0 96.4 80.9 62.4
Tennessee 94.2 99.6 96.1 66.3 37.6
Utah 92.9 98.9 96.6 48.6 7.9
Washington 94.6 99.7 99.3 92.7 56.8
West Virginia 96.0 99.4 96.9 73.0 50.1
Wyoming 91.9 100.0 97.0 66.6 34.8
Unweighted data
Alaska 89.0 96.4 93.6 67.6 51.4
California 95.2 98.9 97.2 83.7 61.6
Colorado 92.6 100.0 97.2 76.2 51.4
Georgia 92.3 98.6 97.2 69.3 39.5
Kansas 94.3 100.0 99.6 72.2 44.6
Louisiana+ 65.3 96.9 92.2 43.8 22.0
New Jersey 99.7 99.6 97.9 81.7 63.5
Oregon 98.8 99.2 97.1 77.5 49.2
South Carolina 94.8 99.0 97.0 74.4 53.3
South Dakota 94.0 100.0 97.6 59.3 33.3
State median 94.3 99.4 97.0 75.5 48.3
LOCAL SURVEYS
Weighted data
Chicago, IL 84.4 99.2 92.7 64.9 51.6
Dallas, TX 96.9 100.0 94.2 70.8 42.3
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 98.1 100.0 94.3 71.7 60.4
Houston, TX 94.9 98.3 98.3 84.2 62.1
Jersey City, NJ 100.0 100.0 100.0 76.6 64.8
Los Angeles, CA 100.0 100.0 98.9 84.1 72.5
Miami, CA 100.0 100.0 98.2 96.4 78.2
Newark, NJ 90.2 97.3 97.3 85.9 62.9
New Orleans, LA 100.0 100.0 100.0 90.9 91.3
Philadelphia, PA 100.0 100.0 100.0 72.4 69.0
San Diego, CA 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
San Francisco, CA 89.8 100.0 100.0 92.3 84.5
Washington, DC 95.0 100.0 97.2 77.9 75.1
Local median 98.1 100.0 98.3 84.1 69.0
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* Among those schools that taught HIV education.
+ Survey did not include schools from the Orleans Parish School Board.
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TABLE 13. Percentage of schools with a written policy from their school or school district on human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV)-infected students or school staff and among those schools, topics addressed in the policy, selected U.S. sites -- School
Health Education Profiles, principals' surveys, 1996
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Topic addressed by the written policy*
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Communication of Inappropriate-
policy to ness of routine
Had a written Protection from Worksite Evaluation of students, staff, testing for HIV
Site policy Confidentiality+ discrimination+ safety health status+ and parents infection
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STATE SURVEYS
Weighted data
Alabama 70.3 95.5 93.0 93.5 68.4 80.4 47.4
Arkansas 46.4 91.8 96.7 86.8 72.7 72.3 37.1
California 62.1 94.9 90.4 94.9 62.2 77.2 32.0
Connecticut 77.6 95.9 90.1 94.5 64.6 72.4 29.6
Delaware 75.8 97.2 97.2 86.8 62.1 59.6 27.6
Idaho 62.9 85.1 84.8 85.9 71.9 56.3 22.8
Iowa 67.9 90.4 86.2 91.5 70.8 77.5 36.0
Kentucky 45.7 93.0 83.8 91.4 63.1 73.3 41.2
Louisiana& 49.3 92.6 89.5 84.0 55.4 75.8 39.9
Maine 83.6 95.8 90.4 95.9 61.3 68.3 23.9
Massachusetts 71.9 98.7 94.0 94.6 67.9 81.5 38.8
Michigan 66.1 94.3 91.7 95.7 66.1 75.6 36.5
Minnesota 66.3 98.0 93.9 95.0 71.7 85.7 36.1
Missouri 77.9 95.4 91.4 92.3 79.1 79.0 36.5
Montana 64.1 96.7 92.8 92.4 70.7 79.6 35.3
Nebraska 69.5 92.4 89.8 92.7 72.6 76.5 34.3
New Hampshire 88.2 95.1 93.5 89.3 71.1 71.7 30.8
New Mexico 68.6 90.4 87.4 94.8 51.9 73.0 36.4
North Dakota 63.3 93.9 89.0 87.6 61.3 77.7 28.4
Ohio 71.2 95.1 89.1 93.9 79.3 72.5 39.2
Rhode Island 86.6 100.0 95.6 95.7 79.0 75.7 38.8
South Carolina 72.1 95.2 90.0 95.1 74.4 69.6 55.0
South Dakota 61.4 84.8 83.6 83.4 65.4 71.2 29.5
Tennessee 75.6 94.0 91.3 94.7 71.5 78.8 58.1
Utah 75.2 97.2 97.9 96.0 71.4 77.0 49.6
Washington 78.8 96.1 88.8 93.6 60.7 77.7 42.2
West Virginia 60.1 95.7 94.1 95.0 75.2 86.9 40.7
Wyoming 83.5 92.6 95.6 92.5 57.6 58.1 25.7
Unweighted data
Alaska 58.2 94.7 92.0 92.2 50.0 71.4 34.7
Colorado 79.7 92.4 83.5 90.3 67.3 69.6 29.3
Georgia 71.8 92.0 90.1 90.7 69.6 80.2 50.6
Indiana 68.0 94.8 89.8 98.6 61.4 74.9 36.7
Kansas 53.7 92.0 84.8 91.4 72.1 73.5 32.9
New Jersey 68.5 97.8 92.1 92.6 61.6 76.0 37.5
Oregon 89.4 96.7 92.7 98.4 72.4 88.4 33.2
State median 69.5 94.9 90.4 92.7 68.4 75.7 36.4
LOCAL SURVEYS
Weighted data
Chicago, IL 89.6 98.8 97.6 96.5 77.7 84.4 62.4
Dallas, TX 67.6 100.0 92.2 77.2 62.0 71.0 40.5
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 83.0 93.0 95.3 90.7 41.9 69.0 31.0
Houston, TX 71.8 100.0 100.0 97.0 77.6 93.1 67.2
Jersey City, NJ 71.9 100.0 94.4 94.4 52.7 83.3 33.0
Los Angeles, LA 96.1 98.7 98.6 97.3 89.2 94.6 73.3
Miami, FL 90.9 100.0 100.0 98.4 65.5 95.0 72.7
Newark, NJ 73.7 96.5 88.7 95.9 72.4 85.0 47.8
New Orleans, LA 81.0 100.0 100.0 92.9 66.7 93.3 64.3
Philadelphia, PA 79.3 100.0 94.7 78.9 64.7 78.9 44.4
San Diego, CA 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 97.6 100.0 4.8
San Francisco, CA 82.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 55.6 72.0 66.4
Washington, DC 82.5 96.7 92.7 92.7 53.0 74.8 24.6
Local median 82.5 100.0 97.6 95.9 65.5 84.4 47.8
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* Among those schools or school districts that had a written policy.
+ Of HIV-infected students and school staff.
& Survey did not include schools from the Orleans Parish School Baord.
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