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Download full textMontana Office of Public Instruction, 2005
The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System is an epidemiologic surveillance system that was established by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help monitor the prevalence of behaviors that not only influence youth health, but also put youth at risk for the most significant health and social problems that can occur during…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Older Adults, Social Problems, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Montana Office of Public Instruction, 2005
The 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) report is a continuation of the surveillance and reporting system for adolescent risk behaviors developed by the Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The purpose of the Youth…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Health Behavior, Surveys, Social Problems
Montana Office of Public Instruction, 2005
The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System is an epidemiologic surveillance system that was established by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help monitor the prevalence of behaviors that not only influence youth health, but also put youth at risk for the most significant health and social problems that can occur during…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Health Behavior, Health Education, Social Problems
Montana Office of Public Instruction, 2005
The 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) report is a continuation of the surveillance and reporting system for adolescent risk behaviors developed by the Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The purpose of the YRBS is…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Health Behavior, Social Problems, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Franklin, Paula; And Others – 1994
Over the past several years, outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases have drawn greater attention to the problem of low immunization rates in the U.S. In response to this problem, the federal government created the Vaccines for Children program as a foundation for a new national immunization policy to ensure proper and timely immunizations for…
Descriptors: Child Health, Communicable Diseases, Community Health Services, Disease Control
Zoffmann, H.; And Others – 1986
The problem of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in Europe and public health measures that can be taken to reduce the spread of infection are discussed. These guidelines cover: the magnitude of the problem in Europe, the virus and its mode of transmission, major clinical features of the disease, laboratory tests, possibilities of…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Coordination, Data Collection, Disease Control
Public Health Service (DHHS), Rockville, MD. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. – 1982
This document summarizes some of the major developments now underway in health promotion and disease prevention and reviews the federal contribution to achievement of prevention objectives. The first chapter focuses on opportunities in health promotion which offer the key to many potential improvements in the national health status profile and…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Federal Government, Federal Programs, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedCurran, James W.; And Others – Science, 1988
Reports that by the end of 1987, nearly 50,000 cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) had been reported in the United States since 1981, with 20,745 in 1987 alone. Discusses the disordinate proportion of cases involving black and Hispanic adults and children. (TW)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Blacks, Disease Control, Drug Abuse
