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Resource: Help Your Child Stay at a Healthy Weight

This webpage shares how parents and caregivers can help their children develop healthy habits to last a lifetime. The webpage explores these questions:  Why is it important for my child to stay at a healthy weight?  How do I know if my child is at a healthy weight?  What if my child is ...

Resource: Move Your Way Campaign

The Move Your Way® campaign provides free tools and resources to promote key messages from the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans — including fact sheets, posters, videos, and interactive tools. This webpage provides links to the following resources:  Campaign materials for young people, parents and caregivers, health care providers, and more  A ...

Resource: Tips to Support Healthy Routines for Children and Teens

This webpage provides tips on healthy eating and physical activity. Parents, guardians, and teachers can help young people develop healthy habits with these tips:  Ensure adequate sleep  Reduce screen time   Develop healthy eating habits  Limit snacks with lots of salt, added sugar, and saturated fat  Help children and teens stay active  Additional resources on healthy eating, ...

Resource: Preventing Childhood Obesity: 5 Things Families Can Do

This webpage describes the impacts of childhood obesity and explores prevention strategies. Prevention strategies include:  Obesity prevention standards in education settings  Model a healthy eating pattern as a family  Move more as a family  Set consistent sleep routines  Replace screen time with family time  Additional tips and resources are provided. Learn more.  ...

Resource: 2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Data Set

The 2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data set is now available. The BRFSS is a system of ongoing health-related telephone surveys that collect data on health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, health-care access, and use of preventive services from adults over 18 years old. This webpage contains survey ...

Mission Spain Public Diplomacy NOFO Defensa y Yo 4.0, 2023-2024

The Public Diplomacy Section of the U.S. Embassy in Madrid and U.S. Consulate General in Barcelona (known collectively as PD Spain) of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit proposals to design, manage, and implement “Defensa y Yo 4.0,” a program promoting security and ...

Resource: Flourishing in Adolescence: A Virtual Workshop: Proceedings of a Workshop

This resource summarizes proceedings from a workshop on best practices for providing and supporting adolescent health services. The workshop discussed communication strategies related to the mental, emotional, and behavioral health of adolescents and featured a panel of youth representatives who shared their own experiences related to mental, emotional, and behavioral ...

References

Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2023). Project Connect Health Systems Intervention (Project Connect). https://www.cdc.gov/std/projects/connect/default.htm Gettman, J., & Hill, S. B. (2022). School neuropsychology collaboration with home, school, and outside professionals. In Best Practices in School Neuropsychology ...

Resources

Y2CONNECT Baltimore https://y2connect.org/   Y2CONNECT Boston Public Schools Resource Guide https://boston.y2connect.org/   About the Project Connect Model https://www.cdc.gov/std/projects/connect   Interested in expanding Y2CONNECT to your community? Email the team at info@y2connect.org or contact Y2CONNECT founder and CEO to learn how! Dr. Arik V. Marcell (443) 287-8946 amarcell@jhu.edu ...

Lessons Learned

Utility of Web-Based Resource Guide for Youth Objective Founder Arik Marcell, M.D., M.P.H., examined Y2CONNECT.org Baltimore’s users, viewed content, and usage patterns from its launch 11/1/2016 to 6/30/2022. Using Google Analytics, he tabulated user engagement, demographics, device and acquisition usage, and content viewed. Over the five-year period, 65,046 unique users made 73,774 ...
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