Increase the proportion of middle, junior high, and senior high schools that provide school health education to prevent health problems in the following areas: unintentional injury; violence; suicide; tobacco use and addiction; alcohol and other drug use; unintended pregnancy, HIV / AIDS, and STD infection; unhealthy dietary patterns; inadequate physical activity; and environmental health. (Healthy People, ND) Though there are clearly other substantive goals for this demographic there is a clear sense that these three objectives serve the population well, and of coarse can be expanded to include other risk factors as well as screening for homeless and preexisting problems related to poverty.
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