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Announcement re: Data released by CDC in October 2007, from 2006 school health policies survey. (received from Healthy Schools Network)
READ THE WHOLE REPORT AVAILABLE ONLINE
EXCERPT below from school env health policies, part two, summary.
RESULTS: One third (35.4%) of districts and 51.4% of schools had an indoor
air quality management program; 35.3% of districts had a school bus
engine-idling reduction program; most districts and schools had a policy
or plan for how to use, label, store, dispose of, and reduce the use of
hazardous materials; 24.5% of states required districts or schools to
follow an integrated pest management program; and 13.4% of districts had a
policy to include green design when building new school buildings or
renovating existing buildings.
>>From US EPA
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> Today CDC released the data from the 2006 School Health Policies
> and Programs Study (SHPPS).
SHPPS 2006 is a very comprehensive nationally representative survey of states, school districts, and schools on a wide range of school health issues. SHPPS is a national survey that is
periodically conducted to assess school health policies and programs at the State, district, school and classroom levels. Comprehensive resultsfrom SHPPS 2006 are published in the Journal of School Health,Volume 77, Number 8, October 2007, available free from the American School HealthAssociation at:
http://www.ashaweb.org/journal_schoolhealth.html#shpps.
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For more information on SHPPS, visit the CDC SHPPS web site:
http://cdc.gov/SHPPS.
For more information on EPA school programs, visit the EPA Healthy School
Environments web site: http://epa.gov/schools.
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> For info on collaborative estimates of children at risk, see
> www.healthyschools.org/coalition > Lessons Learned report, released in
> 2006.
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> CDC is attending the upcoming national Coalition for Healthier Schools mtg
> on Dec 4th to brief everyone on this report and other efforts.
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> posted by
> Claire L. Barnett, Executive Director
> Healthy Schools Network, Inc.
> www.healthyschools.org
> Coordinator, Coalition for Healthier Schools
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