This policy brief examines the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA), the nation’s primary federal K-12 education statute, and explores avenues to advocate for health education curricula in the...… Read More

SOPHE recognizes physical activity reduces the risk of morbidity and premature mortality including heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, colon cancer; improves mood and reduces feelings of depression and anxiety;...… Read More

SOPHE recognizes that 35% of high school youth currently smoke cigarettes; each day, 3,000 kids become regular smokers, and one-third will eventually die from tobacco-related disease; and the rate of...… Read More

Eighty-five percent of privately insured persons and 52%* of the overall U.S. population is enrolled in some type of managed care . . .… Read More

Gun-related deaths are second only to motor vehicle-related deaths as a cause of injury death in the United States . . .… Read More

SOPHE recognizes that the systematic silencing, disregard, and violation of trust has a negative effect on health and well-being of under-represented communities, including sexual orientation minority communities, by continuing to...… Read More

SOPHE acknowledges that asthma is a serious, chronic respiratory disease that affects an estimated 15 million individuals, including an estimated 4.4 million children in the United States . . .… Read More

SOPHE recognizes that the health and well-being of communities and the individuals within them is dependent not only on biological but also social and environmental factors, and that underrepresented communities...… Read More

SOPHE recognizes that the health and well-being of communities and the individuals within them is dependent not only on biological, but also social and environmental factors, and that under-represented communities...… Read More

SOPHE recognizes that the health and well-being of communities and the individuals within them is dependent not only on biological but also social and environmental factors . . .… Read More

SOPHE recognizes that sexuality is a natural and healthy part of development and comprises biological, sociocultural, psychological, and spiritual dimensions . . .… Read More

Approximately 18.0 million or 8.7 percent of all people age 20 years or older have diabetes ; 8.6 million or 18.3 percent of all people age 60 and older ;...… Read More