Friday, October 4, 2024
10/4/2024
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) Improving Adolescent Health and Well-Being Through School-Based Surveillance and the What Works in Schools Program Genesee Intermediate School District (GISD) PROJECT ABSTRACT The Genesee Intermediate School District (GISD) proposes to improve the health and well-being of youth in Genesee County, Michigan as a Component 2 consortium applicant. The proposed work continues GISD’s successful activities and outcomes from its CDC Cooperative Agreement 1807 awarded in 2018. GISD services, supports, and partners with Local Education Agencies (LEAs) which include 21 public school districts and 14 charter schools within Genesee County. GISD also operates a number of programs and schools that serve specialized populations. These include three early/middle colleges, four schools for students with special needs, a regional career and technical center, and over 17 early childhood centers. As a consortium, GISD serves 58,436 students and 8,500 staff. GISD’s approach to the Improving Adolescent Health and Well-Being Through School-Based Surveillance and the What Works in Schools Program includes building and maintaining partnerships to ensure that all LEA staff throughout the county have access to the best resources, skills, and knowledge to implement the What Works in School (WWIS) program. This will be completed by working with and establishing Communities of Practice (CoP) as well as peer-learning opportunities to bring community partners and LEA staff together. GISD will work with LEAs broadly and directly to identify their facilitators and barriers to implementing the WWIS program. GISD will carry out the school-based surveillance strategies and activities and meet the period of performance outcomes by conducting the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) and the School Health Profiles Questionnaire (Profiles). GISD will work with the LEAs to help them use the data on a LEA-specific level to increase the awareness of youth needs alongside the YRBS and Profiles data to make informed changes to health policies and practices. The Short-Term Outcomes are related to the consortium’s increase in formalized partnerships, understanding and awareness, and use of CDC tools. Intermediate Outcomes are related to an increase in student, teacher, staff knowledge, skills, and participation in health education instructional programs and health services, and Long-Term Outcomes are related to student behavior: decreased sexual risk behaviors, violence, suicidal thoughts and behaviors, and use and misuse of alcohol and other drugs, and increased preventive behaviors and improved mental health.
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