WestEd In the News/Awards

Type: In the News
Status: Live, 09/16/2007 12:00:00
Article Title: San Marcos District Students Report Less Gang Activity, Tobacco Use
WestEd Title: WestEd's California Healthy Kids Survey Provides Data
URL: http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/09/16/news/inland/0_04_419_16_07.prt
Source: North County Times
Pub Date: September 16, 2007
Sort Date: 09/16/2007
Date Posted: 09/16/2007
Reporter: Noelle Ibrahim
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Summary:
The Board of the San Marcos Unified District reviewed results from the latest California Healthy Kids Survey, administered by WestEd's Health & Human Development Program. According to the North County Times, the latest data show that the district's students feel safer and are less involved in gangs and tobacco use than two years ago, while high school binge drinking has increased from two years ago.
Program: Health & Human Development Program
Project: California Healthy Kids Survey
Resource: Ensuring That No Child Is Left Behind: How Are Student Health Risks & Resilience Related to the Academic Progress of Schools?, Healthy Kids Survey (HKS), Prevention is Primary: Strategies for Community Well-Being
Service: Promoting Resilience and Youth Development in School Communities