HIV, STD, and Unintended Pregnancy Prevention |
Delaware is seeking to increase the percentage of schools
that address all of the following in a required course taught during grades 6, 7, or 8:
- The differences between HIV and AIDS.
- How HIV and other STDs are transmitted.
- How HIV and other STDs are diagnosed and treated.
- Health consequences of HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy.
- The benefits of being sexually abstinent.
- How to prevent HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy.
- How to access valid and reliable health information, products, and services
related to HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy.
- The influences of media, family, and social and cultural norms on sexual behavior.
- Communication and negotiation skills related to eliminating or reducing risk for
HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy.
- Goal setting and decision making skills related to eliminating or reducing risk
for HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy.
- Compassion for persons living with HIV or AIDS.
Activities
- Conduct a course on HIV prevention and education, confidentiality issues, and infection control for school coaches and athletic directors from public, charter, and private/parochial schools.
- Monitor compliance with Health Education Regulation 851 to ensure age-appropriate,
culturally sensitive, skill-based health education, including HIV prevention education,
is being implemented.
- Monitor 100% of new charter schools for compliance with health education regulations to ensure age appropriateness, cultural sensitivity, and skill-based health education, including HIV prevention implementation.
- Increase knowledge and inform the decision-making process of the HIV Review Panel and the Connections to Learning team by highlighting 2010 School Health Profiles data.
- Conduct professional development trainings in family life and sexuality for teachers,
school nurses, and school counselors to support instruction in comprehensive health education.
Status
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Percentage of secondary schools that taught 11 key HIV, STD, and pregnancy
prevention topics in a required course during grades 6, 7, or 8
Table
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Map†
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Delaware is seeking to increase the percentage of schools that provide parents and
families health information to increase parent and family knowledge of HIV,
STD, and teen pregnancy prevention.
Activities
- Conduct a course on HIV prevention and education, confidentiality issues, and infection control for school coaches and athletic directors from public, charter, and private/parochial schools.
- Implement a mini-course for parents of middle schools students to promote parent-child communication on adolescent sexuality and HIV prevention to supplement classroom instruction.
- Monitor 100% of new charter schools for compliance with health education regulations to ensure age appropriateness, cultural sensitivity, and skill-based health education, including HIV prevention implementation.
- Collaborate with the Division of Public Health on a plan to encourage expansion of school-based health center services to include HIV testing and counseling.
Status
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Percentage of secondary schools that provide parents and families
health information to increase parent and family knowledge of HIV, STD, or teen pregnancy
prevention
Table
[pdf 4.2M] |
Map†
[ppt] |
Delaware is seeking to increase the percentage of schools in which the
lead health education teacher received professional development on at least
six of the following during the past 2 years:
- Teaching HIV prevention to students with physical, medical, or
cognitive disabilities.
- Teaching HIV prevention to students of various cultural backgrounds.
- Using interactive teaching methods for HIV prevention education,
such as role plays or cooperative group activities.
- Teaching essential skills for health behavior change related to HIV
prevention and guiding student practice of these skills.
- Teaching about health-promoting social norms and beliefs related to
HIV prevention.
- Strategies for involving parents, families, and others in student
learning of HIV prevention education.
- Assessing students’ performance in HIV prevention education.
- Implementing standards-based HIV prevention education curricula and student
assessment.
- Using technology to improve HIV prevention education instruction.
- Teaching HIV prevention to students with limited English
proficiency.
- Addressing community concerns and challenges related to HIV prevention
education.
Activities
- Conduct a course on HIV prevention and education, confidentiality issues, and infection control for school coaches and athletic directors from public, charter, and private/parochial schools.
- Share results of the strategic planning process with the Community Planning Group
to prioritize the needs of youth at high risk for HIV.
- Partner with a community-based organization to build the capacity of 10 youth-servicing agencies/schools to address the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered youth.
- Increase knowledge and inform the decision-making process of the HIV Review Panel and the Connections to Learning team by highlighting 2010 School Health Profiles data.
Status
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Percentage of secondary schools in which the lead health education
teacher received professional development during the 2 years before the survey on at least
6 of 11 key HIV prevention topics
Table [pdf
4.2M] |
Map†
[ppt] |
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