HIV, STD, and Unintended Pregnancy Prevention |
New York City 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
- Provide HIV/AIDS training to teachers on best practices for teaching mandated
HIV/AIDS lessons.
- Provide technical assistance to schools on an ongoing basis to increase their
capacity to teach comprehensive health education, including HIV/AIDS prevention education.
- Offer training in Vulnerable and Capable: Adapting HIV/AIDS Lessons for Students
with Disabilities, a film with lesson plans and materials to guide teachers in adapting
HIV/AIDS lessons for their students with special needs.
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
[pdf 4.2M] |
Map†
[ppt] |
New York City is seeking to increase the percentage of schools
that address all of the following in a required course taught during grades 9, 10, 11, or 12:
- The relationship among HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy.
- The relationship between alcohol and other drug use and risk for 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.
Activities
- Provide HIV/AIDS training to teachers on best practices for teaching mandated HIV/AIDS lessons.
- Provide technical assistance to schools on an ongoing basis to increase their
capacity to teach comprehensive health education, including HIV/AIDS prevention education.
- Offer training in Vulnerable and Capable: Adapting HIV/AIDS Lessons for Students
with Disabilities, a film with lesson plans and materials to guide teachers in adapting
HIV/AIDS lessons for their students with special needs.
Status
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Percentage of secondary schools that taught eight key HIV, STD, and
pregnancy prevention topics in a required course during grades 9, 10, 11, or 12
Table
[pdf 4.2M] |
Map†
[ppt] |
New York City is seeking to increase the percentage of schools
in which the lead health education teacher received professional development during the
past 2 years on all of the following:
- Describing how widespread HIV and other STD infections are and the consequences of
these infections.
- Understanding the modes of transmission and effective prevention strategies for
HIV and other STDs.
- Identifying populations of youth who are at high risk of being infected with HIV
and other STDs.
- Implementing health education strategies using prevention messages that are likely
to be effective in reaching youth.
Activities
- Create a blended Web-based professional development training so that teachers
can learn content online and practice teaching skills in the classroom with highly
experienced teachers/trainers.
- Collect School Health Profiles data in collaboration with the New York State
Department of Education to reveal strengths and deficits of current health education
policy implementation and programming and to help guide program improvement efforts.
- Provide professional development and training on HIV/AIDS risk reduction teaching
practices to teachers that serve students at highest risk.
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 four
key HIV prevention topics
Table
[pdf 4.2M]
| Map†
[ppt] |
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