How will the essential functions of DASH fare in the new administrative structure?

by jglear

05/05/2011 4:50 PM

With CDC downgrading the Division of Adolescent and School Health, and the future of that entity unclear, one task that outsiders may impact would be securing essential DASH functions. I continue to worry about how well some of these functions will fare in the new administrative structure. Thus, here is my short list for The Essential DASH:

What brought me to the DASH web site and led me to call DASH officials once a week or more are the following:

• School Health Policies and Practices Study – both the complete report and the state summaries,

• the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance (YRBS) results, 

• and, most importantly, the Coordinated School Health model which has provided a true public health frame for the essential elements that support children’s health at school.

What about you? Please add to this list. We need to remind the CDC leadership that the DASH agenda is profoundly important to children’s health in this country.