HIV, STD, and Unintended Pregnancy Prevention |
Maryland 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
- Facilitate professional development for health educators, parents, and families
in local school systems to increase awareness and health information on HIV, STD,
and teen pregnancy prevention.
- Increase community youth involvement in HIV, STD, and teen pregnancy prevention
efforts through collaborative planning and implementation of effective after school
programs, leadership opportunities, and parent/family involvement.
- Collaborate and coordinate with key state agencies to address youth at increase
risk for HIV transmission by offering three professional development events for health
educators and key stakeholders.
- Assess the programmatic needs all 24 local school systems and provide intensive
technical assistance to at least eight sites to implement culturally competent,
science-based HIV, STD, and teen pregnancy prevention educational programs.
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
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Map† [ppt] |
Maryland 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
- Provide professional development and technical assistance for all lead health
education teachers on HIV prevention education.
- Facilitate professional development opportunities to integrate HIV, STD, and
teen pregnancy prevention through a multidisciplinary team approach using the Maryland
model for coordinated school health.
- Evaluate outcome measures for HIV program activities in local school systems through
a Web-based format of the 2010 School Health Profiles Survey.
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] |
Maryland 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
- Provide professional development and technical assistance for all lead health
education teachers on HIV prevention education.
- Facilitate professional development opportunities to integrate HIV, STD, and teen
pregnancy prevention through a multidisciplinary team approach using the Maryland model
for coordinated school health.
- Collaborate and coordinate with key state agencies to address youth at increase risk
for HIV transmission by offering three professional development events for health educators
and key stakeholders.
- Assess the programmatic needs of all 24 local school systems and provide intensive
technical assistance to at least eight sites to implement culturally competent,
science-based HIV, STD, and teen pregnancy prevention educational programs.
Status
|
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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