Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

These short training modules guide schools on steps to take to help students drink more water during the day. School staff will learn what can be done to ensure water is available, safe, and promoted as an ideal beverage choice. For more resources visit Water Access in Schools. Learn more.   ...

These toolkits provide non-governmental organizations (NGOs), school partners, and parents with resources on a variety of topics including physical education and physical activity, school nutrition services, out-of-school time and healthy eating and physical activity, getting the most from school meals, and school health services. View the toolkits below.  This Healthy Schools ...

This report reveals a 3% overall decrease in suicide from 2019 to 2020, including an 8% decrease among females and a 2% decrease among males. Demographic disparities in suicide persist, as evidenced by increasing rates among persons aged 25–34 years, Hispanic males, and non-Hispanic multiracial females. Implications of this report ...

This free, downloadable digital health literacy curriculum includes a slide deck, accompanying script, and handouts that can be used to help people gain the skills needed to access and evaluate online health information. Other digital health literacy resources are also available. Learn more.   ...

These three free mental health literacy courses provide a foundation of mental health literacy, including effective strategies to help you recognize opportunities to be more thoughtful in the use of language in your everyday life and when treating patients with mental illnesses. The three courses are entitled Mental Health, Stigma, ...

This webpage provides a set of four basic, complementary behavior management strategies for classes, with examples of application in both in-person and virtual (distance learning) situations. The site includes a collection of tools and templates. Learn more (PDF, 4 pages).

This new tip sheet for parents and families and the corresponding new toolkit for schools aim to heighten awareness of and improve communication about social and emotional climate and learning.

This paper describes how and why CDC/DASH's approach to effective health and sexual health education in schools has changed dramatically over the past 30 years and outlines directions to expand the evidence base for implementation science and dissemination in the future.

This document outlines strategies for school nutrition (PDF, 1 page) program operators and school administrators to reduce transmission of COVID-19 among employees, students, and families; promote healthy environments and healthy business operations; and prepare for sick employees. Layered prevention strategies are discussed. Learn more. ...

This two-page summary (PDF, 2 pages) features an easy-to-read table that shows Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommendations and findings for evaluated violence intervention approaches. It may be viewed online or printed as a handout, making it useful for communications with decision makers and partners. Learn more. ...