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GlossaryAAHE: American Association of Health Education; ACS: American Cancer Society; AFHK: Action for Healthy Kids; AFY:Advocates for Youth; ALA: American Lung Association; ASCD: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development;ASHA: American School Health Association; ASTHO: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials; CCSSO: Councilof Chief State School Officers; CDC/DASH: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Adolescent andSchool Health; CHEF: Comprehensive Health Education Foundation; COBRA: Consolidated Omnibus Budget ReconciliationAct; ECU: East Carolina University; EDC: Education Development Center, Inc.; EPA: Environmental Protection Agency;HBCUs: Historically Black Colleges and Universities; HHD: EDC’s Health and Human Development Programs; HHS: U.S.Department of Health and Human Services; HIV/AIDS: Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune DeficiencySyndrome; HRQOL: health-related quality of life; HRSA: Health Resources and Services Administration; IAQ: Indoor AirQuality; IDEA: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; IOM: Institute of Medicine; KEEP: Kids Eagerly EncouragingPurity; LEAs: Local education agencies; LEAN: California Project’s Leaders Encouraging Activity and Nutrition; LGBTQ:Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Questioning youth; NASBHC: National Association of School-Based Health Centers;NASN: National Association of School Nurses; NBCDI: National Black Child Development Institute; NCATE: NationalCouncil for Accreditation of Teacher Education; NGOs: Nongovernmental organizations; NHLBI: National Heart, Lung,and Blood Institute; NYAC: National Youth Advocacy Coalition; NYAM: New York Academy of Medicine; PSAs: public serviceannouncements; SARS: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; SCHIP: State Children’s Insurance Program; SEAs: Stateeducation agencies; SHIP: School Health Interdisciplinary Program; SIECUS: the Sexuality Information and EducationCouncil of the United States; SNAMP: School Nurse Asthma Management Program; SOPHE: Society for Public HealthEducation; SSDHPER: Society of State Directors of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation; YMCA: Young Men’s ChristianAssociation; YMCA: Young Women’s Christian Association; YRBS: Youth Risk Behavior SurveyEducation Development Center, Inc.55 Chapel StreetNewton, Massachusetts 02458-1060Non-profit OrganizationU.S. PostagePAIDBoston, MassachusettsPermit No. 58241