HIV, STD, and Unintended Pregnancy Prevention |
Memphis 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
- Maintain a training cadre that will provide teachers with basic knowledge of
research-based instructional strategies and skills to provide students with HIV
prevention education.
- Convene a Sexual Minority Youth Advisory Council to identify comprehensive
sexual health curricula for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) students.
- Provide technical assistance and training to 15 Memphis City staff on implementing
HIV prevention curricula and addressing HIV prevention with Latino students.
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]
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Memphis is seeking to increase the percentage of schools
that deliver HIV, STD, or pregnancy prevention programs (including after school or
supplemental programs) that meet the needs of ethnic/racial minority youth at high
risk (e.g., black, Hispanic, or American Indian youth) by doing all of the following:
- Providing curricula or supplementary materials that include pictures,
information, and learning experiences that reflect the life experiences of
these youth in their communities.
- Providing curricula or supplementary materials in the primary languages of
these youth and their families.
- Facilitating access to direct health services or arrangements with providers
not on school property who have experience serving these youth in the community.
- Facilitating access to direct social services and psychological services or
arrangements with providers not on school property who have experience serving
these youth in the community.
- Requiring professional development for school staff on HIV, STD, and
pregnancy prevention issues and resources for these youth.
Activities
- Convene a Latino Advisory Council to plan and deliver HIV prevention education sessions to 80 Latino parents.
- Collaborate with a professional theater company to produce stage play with content provided by student focus groups to target African American and Hispanic youth and distribute DVDs to schools, youth organizations, and churches.
- Collaborate with the American Psychological Association to train mental health staff on developing safe spaces for LGBTQ youth.
- Provide technical assistance to 10 middle schools that have developed Healthy School Teams on identifying safe spaces in their schools to support LGBTQ youth.
Status
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Percentage of secondary schools that deliver HIV, STD, and
pregnancy prevention programs (including after school or supplemental programs)
that meet the needs of ethnic/racial minority youth at high risk
Table [pdf 4.2M]
| Map† [ppt] |
Memphis 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
- Survey middle school health teachers about the HIV/AIDS section of the Memphis City Schools’ Family Life Curriculum and review the survey results with the Superintendent’s office and the Policy and Curriculum and Instruction divisions.
- Provide four professional development events to health teachers on the Michigan Model for Health, Memphis City Schools district AIDS policies, and assessment of student performance.
- Provide technical assistance to 20 lead health teachers, including teaching observation, on their course instruction on HIV and AIDS.
Status
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Percentage of secondary schools in which the lead health
education teacher received professional development during the two years before
the survey on at least 6 of 11 key HIV prevention topics
Table [pdf 4.2M]
| Map† [ppt] |
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