Schools

This guide is created to help anyone learn how to use people’s correct pronouns. Everyone in a school community should engage
in learning, educating, and advocating for the inclusive use of pronouns for all.

In this toolkit, readers learn that each one of us can play a vital role in ensuring that all young people, regardless of their sexual orientation, are provided with safe, accepting, and supportive environments at home, at school and in their communities.

Two decades ago, SIECUS started the Community Advocacy Project in response to calls from individuals facing controversy over sex education in their communities. As decisions regarding sex education were increasingly debated at the state level, SIECUS expanded the project to document controversies about sex education across
the country and monitor state legislation.

The surveillance survey provides information on health behaviors that contribute markedly to the leading causes of death, disability, and social problems among youth and adults in the United States.

This report provides representative data on school health policies and practices in states, large urban school districts, and territories.

This fact sheet shows the effectiveness of school health programs and connectedness strategies in reducing negative health behaviors among youth.

The teen-SPARC Excel tool is designed to help public health jurisdictions and other entities explore the potential impact of behavior change on reducing sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among the sexually active high-school-attending adolescent population.

This video outlines CDC’s recommended approach to school health to reduce risk behaviors and improve academic performance.

IKnowUShould2 is a media campaign, started in 2012, targeted at Philadelphia youth ages 13-24. The campaign aims to improve adolescent knowledge and testing behaviors for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, and HIV

This audience profile provides a broad overview of the sexual health of youth in the United States, including a brief demographic profile, trends in relationships and communication, and a summary of sexual health knowledge and behaviors, physical health, and use of sexual health care services.