Adolescent Health

Healthy Schools, Healthy Children The School Health Profiles is a biannual set of surveys supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Adolescent and School Health’s (DASH). The Vermont Agency of Education collected data from 2002 to...

Schools play a critical role in promoting the health of young people and helping them establish lifelong healthy behaviors, from early child care through college. Proper nutrition and regular physical activity improves academic performance. Students who participate in the USDA...

For Immediate Release: November 22, 2024 Media Contact: Kyle Casteel Communication Office │ Department of Health 802-863-7280 │ AHS.VDHMedia@vermont.gov Statewide Youth Survey Shows Mental Health Challenges Persist for Vermont Students Survey Measures Social Media Use for First Time; Shows Long-term...

Health campaigns related to alcohol and other drug use. Resources for grantees and partners.

Suicide touches the lives of many Vermonters. Our intentional self-harm and death by suicide rates are significantly higher than the United States rates. Find help, learn about warning, signs, risk and protective factors. Read about what Vermont is doing to...

Everyone with asthma – especially children and teens – should have an up-to-date Asthma Action Plan. This is a written plan that you fill out with your child and your child’s doctor to help control asthma and know what to...

With the high prevalence in electronic cigarettes (e-cigarette, e-cigs or vapes) and nicotine pouch use among youth, teens and young adults, the Health Department Tobacco Control Program is working to prevent initiation of nicotine products and reduce vaping of all...

Core funding for Vermont’s Maternal and Child Health division comes from the Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

The Vermont Youth Risk Behavior Survey was developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to monitor priority health risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death, disease, injury and social problems among youth.The Health Department and...