The National Center for Health Education has announced that the theme for National Health Education Week (NHEW) 2006 will be Healthy Kids: Creating Safe Communities and Schools. NHEW 2006 is celebrated October 16-20, 2006. CYFERnet has many resources addressing health and safety.

National Health Education Week 2006, National Center for Health Education
This site about health and safety includes lesson plans and other resources for teachers, youth organizations and parents.

First Steps: Taking Action Early to Prevent Violence, Prevention Institute
This report is a synthesis of violence prevention research. It discusses the need to implement violence prevention programs in early childhood for maximum impact.

Bullying: What Parents Can Do About It (PDF), Penn State University Cooperative Extension
This eight-page publication offers advice to parents on what they can do about bullying.

Preventing and Reducing School Violence Fact Sheets, Prevention Institute
These violence prevention fact sheets aim to support the development of comprehensive school violence prevention efforts.

Out on a Limb: A Guide for Getting Along, University of Illinois Extension
This website is designed to help teach youth how to better manage conflicts and challenges they face on a daily basis.

Talking with Kids About Tough Issues, Children Now; Kaiser Family Foundation
Talking With Kids About Tough Issues is a national initiative to encourage parents to talk with their children earlier and more often about tough issues like sex, HIV/AIDS, violence, alcohol, and drug abuse.

What Factors Increase the Risk of Being Involved in Violence?, Prevention Institute
This fact sheet describes individual, school, community, and underlying factors that contribute to the risk of youth involvement in violence.

National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center,The Centers for Disease Control and the Federal Working Group on Youth Violence
The National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center provides information on prevention and intervention programs, publications, research, and statistics on violence committed by and against children and teens.

An Interview with Lateefah Simon: The Transformative Power of Commuity Youth Development (PDF), Comunity Youth Development Journal
This interview with Lateefah Simon provides insight into the world of street violence and community interventions that make a difference in youth's lives.

Creating Safe Environments: Violence Prevention Strategies and Programs, Prevention Institute
This report discusses approaches to violence prevention with a focus on youth violence and intimate partner violence prevention. The report includes an environmental scan of promising violence prevention programs from across the U.S. and provides a useful overview of the current state of violence prevention.

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