There is a role for everyone in supporting teen mental health.
This school-based approach promotes adolescent health and well-being.
Several practices can improve the health, safety, and school connectedness for LGBTQ+ youth.
Connecting with your children can have a big effect on their health and well-being.
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These resources can assist agencies that currently receive funding from DASH.
Learn how to access and use the HECAT to examine health education curricula.
- Stay up to date with new and updated content on DASH and adolescent and school health.
- Health disparities have a significant impact on how well students perform in school.
- DASH collects data on adolescent health and school policies to advance health equity across the nation.
- Videos, infographics, and toolkits can encourage healthy behaviors and environment for adolescents.
- Learn about the tools and resources to help schools achieve a professional development framework.
- Find resources to help you plan and conduct effective evaluations of school health programs.
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The work, priorities, and impact of CDC's Division of Adolescent and School Health
- YRBSS is a set of surveys that track behaviors that can lead to poor health in high school students.
- The School Health Profiles surveys assess school health policies and practices across the U.S.
- Promote youth mental health and well-being with the action guide's six proven in-school strategies.
- Parents play a big role keeping their child safe and healthy from infancy into their teen years.
- With safe environments, students are able to connect with supportive adults at school and home.
- Learn how CDC helps reduce the prevalence of risk behaviors among youth.
- Youth Advisory Councils work with school districts on policies and practices that affect students.
- Classroom management involves teacher and student actions to promote learning and well-being.
- ABES highlights the challenges our nation’s youth faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- CDC works with state, school, community, and national partners to promote student health in schools.