2016 School Health Profiles Results Released

CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) released the 2016 School Health Profiles (Profiles) results on the DASH Healthy Youth website at www.cdc.gov/schoolhealthprofiles.

The release includes:

• a comprehensive report that includes results from surveys conducted in:
• 48 states
• 21 large urban school districts
• 4 territories
• a fact sheet describing Profiles and highlighting key 2016 results
• a PowerPoint presentation that presents state results, by quartiles, on a U.S. map
• all questionnaires and item rationales
• information on how to obtain Profiles datasets
• technical documentation for data analysis

Profiles Background: The School Health Profiles (Profiles) is a system of surveys assessing school health policies and practices in states, large urban school districts, and territories. Profiles surveys are conducted biennially by education and health agencies among middle and high school principals and lead health education teachers.

 For more information about School Health Profiles:

• Website: www.cdc.gov/schoolhealthprofiles
• Phone: 1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636)
• Email: nccddashinfo@cdc.gov