US Department of Education Office of Safe and Healthy Students
Grant programs for alcohol, drug use and violence prevention in schools.… Read More
Grant programs for alcohol, drug use and violence prevention in schools.… Read More
Slides from 2012 SOPHE webinar Advocacy 101 : The future of public health and health education… Read More
SOPHE’s PICH Funding Toolkit to educate policymakers about the PICH program – Partnerships to Improve Community Health (PICH) Funding: Virtual Advocacy Day Participant Guide Components: Current PICH grantees Appropriation letters and...… Read More
The link between health and academic performance is closely connected and related. Health education in school curricula can reduce risky behaviors and improve healthy behaviors, better nutrition and physical activity… Read More
This policy brief examines the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA), the nation’s primary federal K-12 education statute, and explores avenues to advocate for health education curricula in the...… Read More
SOPHE recognizes that sexuality is a natural and healthy part of development and comprises biological, sociocultural, psychological, and spiritual dimensions . . .… Read More
Approximately 18.0 million or 8.7 percent of all people age 20 years or older have diabetes ; 8.6 million or 18.3 percent of all people age 60 and older ;...… Read More
The World Health Organization defines environmental health as comprising those aspects of human health, including quality of life, that are determined by physical, chemical, biological, social, and psychosocial factors in the...… Read More
Six priority risk behaviors- tobacco use; unhealthy dietary behaviors; inadequate physical activity; alcohol and other drug use; sexual behaviors that contribute to unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease, including HIV...… Read More
Many unintentional injuries are similar to diseases, in that injuries do not occur at random and have identified risk factors making them preventable. Unintentional injuries can occur from a variety of...… Read More