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North Carolina Data

2003 N.C. Parent Survey of Public School Sexuality Education

North Carolina DPI and DHHS Support of the 2005 YRBS

N.C. Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) Data
NC YRBS Reports – 1995, 1997, 2001
2003 Middle School – Detail TablesSummary TablesGraphics Report
2003 High School – Detail TablesSummary TablesGraphics – Report

2003 (Juvenile Justice) High School Summary Tables Graphics

2001 High School Summary Tables
2001 Middle School Summary Tables

N.C. School Health Education Profile (SHEP) Data 
Information about school health policies and programs
2002 Middle School Health Policies and Programs
2002 High School Health Policies and Programs
2002 Middle and High School Health Education Programs

 

NC Department of Public Instruction 
Statistics and Reports
Student, School Personnel, and School Financial Data
Local School Addresses, Phones Numbers, and Staff information

North Carolina Center for Health Statistics

North Carolina Office of State Planning Data Center – Through statutory responsibility, the SDC section in the Office of State Planning provides a statistical coordination function for state government information. Searchable data by county.

North Carolina Child Advocacy Institute provides data on children and youth in North Carolina in several easy to use formats. provides data on children and youth in North Carolina in several easy to use formats.

North Carolina HIV/STD/AIDS Statistics.

 

National Data

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  collects surveillance data to monitor the status of youth risk behaviors and school health programs. CDC data collection instruments include:

The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) measures priority health-risk behaviors among youth.
The School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS) which assesses the characteristics of eight components of school health programs from information obtained at the state, district, school, and classroom levels nationwide.
The School Health Education Profiles (SHEP) monitor characteristics of health education in middle/junior and senior high schools.
School Health Index for Physical Activity and Healthy Eating A Self-Assessment and Planning Guide.  The SHI enables schools to identify strengths and weaknesses of their  physical activity and nutrition policies and programs; develop an action plan for improving student health; and involve teachers,  parents, students, and the community in improving school services.

Child Trends Databank  The one-stop-shop for the latest national trends and research on over 70 key indicators of child and youth well-being, with new indicators added each month!  

Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics – Federal and state statistics and reports on children and their families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education.

Kaiser Family Foundation.  KFF offers comprehensive and current health information for all 50 states. State Health Facts Online.   www.statehealthfacts.kff.org, offers health policy information
on a broad range of issues such as managed care, health insurance coverage and the uninsured, Medicaid, Medicare, women’s health, minority
health, and HIV/AIDS.

KIDS COUNT, a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the United States.

National Tobacco Use Data and Research

National Center for Health Statistics

National Center for Education Statistics
          School District Demographics

 

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