Media Advisory

CDC to Hold Media Telebriefing to Release 2007 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey Findings

What:

2007 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey – a survey of high schools students (grades 9-12) conducted every other year.

Who:

Howell Wechsler, Ed.D, MPH, Director of CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health

Glenn Flores, MD, FAAP, Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Children′s Medical Center of Dallas

Veronica C. Garcia, Ed.D, Secretary of Education, New Mexico Public Education Department

When:

Wednesday, June 4, 2008, Noon ET

Dial-In:

• MEDIA: 888-795-0855
• LISTEN ONLY: 800-857-6625
• INTERNATIONAL: 1-212-287-1766
• PASSCODE: CDC Media

Important Instructions:

If you would like to ask a question during the call, press *1 on your touchtone phone. Press *2 to withdraw your question. You may queue up at any time. You will hear a tone to indicate your question is pending.

Listen-Only Audio Webcast

This media availability will also available via listen-only audio web cast at www.cdc.gov/ media.

Transcript

A transcript of this media availability will be available following the briefing at the CDC web site at www.cdc.gov/media.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES