Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

This report (PDF, 108 pages) outlines strategies with the best available evidence to prevent suicide among youth, families, and communities. It provides a roadmap for action under CDC’s Comprehensive Suicide Prevention program, which currently funds 15 states and 2 universities to implement and evaluate a comprehensive public health approach to ...

This webpage provides a detailed overview of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It offers descriptions of symptoms, key facts and resources, and tips for early detection in youth. Learn more. 

This study used the National Survey of Children’s Health to produce national and state-level estimates of lifetime diagnosis and current ADHD among all children aged 3 to 17 years. It also produced national and state-level estimates of medication and behavioral treatment use among children with current ADHD. Results reveal substantial ...

This webpage contains messages and images for National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD) social media posts to raise awareness of HIV among Hispanic/Latino people, encourage them to get tested, and know their prevention options. Posts and campaign materials are available in English and Spanish. Learn more.  ...

This webpage contains messages and images for National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD) social media posts to raise awareness of HIV among Hispanic/Latino people, encourage them to get tested, and know their prevention options. Posts and campaign materials are available in English and Spanish. Learn more.  ...

The CDC approved the expanded use of updated (bivalent) COVID-19 vaccines to children ages 5 through 11 years. This follows the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) authorization of updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech for children ages 5 through 11 years, and from Moderna for children and adolescents ages 6 through ...

This tool is designed to help districts and schools implement wellness policies that meet USDA’s triennial assessment requirements. The Wellness Policy in Action Tool (WPAT) is an online platform that addresses 31 key topics related to school nutrition and physical activity practices. Learn more.  ...

This webpage offers strategies, tools, and templates that school staff can use to apply classroom management approaches to improve school connectedness in their face-to-face, virtual, or blended learning modes. Promising practices and specific classroom management approaches and skills to increase connectedness are provided. These approaches and skills include:   Teacher caring and ...

This training presents educators with approaches to preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and helping students who may already be affected by ACEs. Throughout the training, participants will learn the following:  the definition of ACEs   how ACEs influence child development, health, and success later in life  risk and protective factors for ACEs  ways that ACEs ...

The 2021 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data set is now publicly available. The BRFSS survey collected information on health risk behaviors, clinical preventive health practices, and health care access (primarily related to chronic disease and injury) of young adults and adults across all 50 states and the District ...