The Suicide Prevention Resource Center offers the free online course Locating and Understanding Data for Suicide Prevention. The course explores a variety of commonly used data sources for information on suicide deaths and attempts, suicidal ideation, and related factors—and new frontiers in suicide surveillance – interactive dashboards and real-time data….
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has a new database on state and local nutrition and physical education policies, called Classification of Laws Associated with School Students (C.L.A.S.S.)- an empirical scoring system that monitors and evaluates state-level school physical education and nutrition policies that have been codified into law.
The School Climate Survey (SCS) measures the general tone of the school and the quality of relationships that exist among students and adults in the school building. According to the SDP model of effects, the faithful implementation of the Comer Process should result in improved school climate that would facilitate…