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Shanklin, Shari L.; Brener, Nancy; McManus, Tim; Kinchen, Steve; Kann, Laura – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2007
In the United States, nearly two-thirds of all deaths among young people aged 10-14 years result from only five causes: motor-vehicle crashes (23.4%), other unintentional injuries (15.7%), cancer (12.5%), suicide (7.2%), and homicide (5.2%). Across all age groups in the United States, the leading causes of illness and death are related to the…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Disease Control, Injuries, Health Behavior
Grunbaum, Jo Anne; Di Pietra, Jennifer; McManus, Tim; Hawkins, Joseph; Kann, Laura – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2005
In 1995, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with state and local education and health agencies, developed the School Health Profiles (Profiles) to measure health education practices and some school health policies. Using input from education and health agencies, Profiles evolved to provide a more comprehensive…
Descriptors: High Schools, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Profiles, Prevention